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Black Hole Universe: Time Evolution

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2013-10-30 v2 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics

Abstract

Time evolution of a black hole lattice universe is simulated. The vacuum Einstein equations in a cubic box with a black hole at the origin are numerically solved with periodic boundary conditions on all pairs of opposite faces. Defining effective scale factors by using the area of a surface and the length of an edge of the cubic box, we compare them with that in the Einstein-deSitter universe. It is found that the behaviour of the effective scale factors is well approximated by that in the Einstein-deSitter universe. Our result suggests that local inhomogeneities do not significantly affect the global expansion law of the universe even if the inhomogeneity is extremely nonlinear.

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@article{arxiv.1306.1389,
  title  = {Black Hole Universe: Time Evolution},
  author = {Chul-Moon Yoo and Hirotada Okawa and Ken-ichi Nakao},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1306.1389},
  year   = {2013}
}

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4 pages, 2 column style, 3 figures

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