Inhomogeneity effects in cosmology

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/28/16/164001zbMATH Open1225.83092arXiv1103.2335OpenAlexW3100567449MaRDI QIDQ3173058FDOQ3173058

Authors: George F. R. Ellis 

Publication date: 10 October 2011

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

Abstract: This article looks at how inhomogeneous spacetime models may be significant for cosmology. First it looks at how the averaging process may affect large scale dynamics, with backreaction effects leading to effective contributions to the averaged energy-momentum tensor. Secondly it considers how local inhomogeneities may affect cosmological observations in cosmology, possibly significantly affecting the concordance model parameters. Thirdly it presents the possibility that the universe is spatially inhomogeneous on Hubble scales, with a violation of the Copernican principle leading to an apparent acceleration of the universe. This could perhaps even remove the need for the postulate of dark energy.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1103.2335

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophical and critical aspects of logic and foundations (03A05) Approximation procedures, weak fields in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C25) Macroscopic interaction of the gravitational field with matter (hydrodynamics, etc.) (83C55) Relativistic cosmology (83F05) Astrophysical cosmology (85A40) Galactic and stellar structure (85A15)

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