Inhomogeneity-induced variance of cosmological parameters

DOI10.1051/0004-6361/201118137zbMATH Open1260.85152arXiv1109.4142OpenAlexW2066676212WikidataQ69024498 ScholiaQ69024498MaRDI QIDQ4905985FDOQ4905985

Authors: A. Wiegand, Dominik J. Schwarz 

Publication date: 21 February 2013

Published in: Astronomy & Astrophysics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Modern cosmology relies on the assumption of large-scale isotropy and homogeneity of the Universe. However, locally the Universe is inhomogeneous and anisotropic. So, how can local measurements (at the 100 Mpc scale) be used to determine global cosmological parameters (defined at the 10 Gpc scale)? We use Buchert's averaging formalism and determine a set of locally averaged cosmological parameters in the context of the flat Lambda cold dark matter model. We calculate their ensemble means (i.e. their global values) and variances (i.e. their cosmic variances). We apply our results to typical survey geometries and focus on the study of the effects of local fluctuations of the curvature parameter. By this means we show, that in the linear regime cosmological backreaction and averaging can be reformulated as the issue of cosmic variance. The cosmic variance is found largest for the curvature parameter and discuss some of its consequences. We further propose to use the observed variance of cosmological parameters to measure the growth factor. [abbreviated]

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1109.4142

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zbMATH Keywords

cosmologycosmological parameterslarge-scale structure of Universe

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Relativistic cosmology (83F05) Astrophysical cosmology (85A40)

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