Observational tests of FRW world models

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/19/13/309MaRDI QIDQ4551398zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Ofer Lahav

Publication date 29 January 2003

Published in Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0112524

zbMATH Keywords

cosmological parameterscosmological principledark energyobservational tests

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Observational and experimental questions in relativity and gravitational theory (83B05) Relativistic cosmology (83F05)

Abstract: Observational tests for the Cosmological Principle are reviewed. Assuming the FRW metric we then summarize estimates of cosmological parameters from various data sets, in particular the Cosmic Microwave Background and the 2dF galaxy redshift survey. These and other analyses suggest a best-fit Lambda-Cold Dark Matter model with Omega_m = 1 - Omega_lambda = 0.3 and H_0 = 70 km/sec/Mpc. It is remarkable that different measurements converge to this `concordance model', although it remains to be seen if the two main components of this model, the dark matter and the dark energy, are real entities or just `epicycles'. We point out some open questions related to this fashionable model.

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