An inhomogeneous fractal cosmological model
Astrophysics
2009-11-07 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Abstract
We present a cosmological model in which the metric allows for an inhomogeneous Universe with no intrinsic symmetries (Stephani models), providing the ideal features to describe a fractal distribution of matter. Constraints on the metric functions are derived using the expansion and redshift relations and allowing for scaling number counts, as expected in a fractal set. The main characteristics of such a cosmological model are discussed.
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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0111534,
title = {An inhomogeneous fractal cosmological model},
author = {Fulvio Pompilio and Marco Montuori},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0111534},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
11 pages, no figures, accepted for publication on Classical and Quantum Gravity