Fermi coordinates, simultaneity, and expanding space in Robertson-Walker cosmologies

DOI10.1007/s00023-011-0080-9zbMath1215.83062arXiv1010.0588MaRDI QIDQ532488

David Klein, Evan Randles

Publication date: 5 May 2011

Published in: Annales Henri Poincaré (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1010.0588

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

83F05: Relativistic cosmology

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

85A04: General questions in astronomy and astrophysics

85A40: Astrophysical cosmology

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