Relative velocities for radial motion in expanding Robertson-Walker spacetimes

DOI10.1007/s10714-012-1344-5zbMath1243.83074arXiv1106.3859MaRDI QIDQ431077

Vicente J. Bolós, David Klein

Publication date: 26 June 2012

Published in: General Relativity and Gravitation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1106.3859

zbMATH Keywords

Fermi coordinates; expansion of space; Hubble flow; optical coordinates; relative velocity; Robertson-Walker cosmology

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

83F05: Relativistic cosmology

53Z05: Applications of differential geometry to physics

83C55: Macroscopic interaction of the gravitational field with matter (hydrodynamics, etc.)

70F15: Celestial mechanics

85A05: Galactic and stellar dynamics

83C10: Equations of motion in general relativity and gravitational theory

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