The Fitting Problem in a Lattice Universe

DOI10.1007/978-3-319-06761-2_53MaRDI QIDQ2949085zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors J. Larena

Publication date 7 October 2015

Published in Springer Proceedings in Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1210.2161

zbMATH Keywords

lattice universe

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Lattice gravity, Regge calculus and other discrete methods in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C27) Relativistic cosmology (83F05)

Abstract: We present a regular cubic lattice solution to Einstein field equations that is exact at second order in a small parameter. We show that this solution is kinematically equivalent to the Friedmann-Lema^itre-Robertson-Walker (FLRW) solution with the same averaged energy density. This allows us to discuss the fitting problem in that framework: are observables along the past lightcone of observers equivalent to those in the analogue FLRW model obtained by smoothing spatially the distribution of matter? We find a criterion on the compacity of the objects that must be satisfied in order for the answer to this question to be positive and given by perturbative arguments. If this criterion is not met, the answer to this question must be addressed fully non perturbatively along the past lightcone, even though the spacetime geometry can be described perturbatively.

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