Cosmological parameters are dressed
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2009-07-10 v1 Astrophysics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Physics - Theory
Abstract
In the context of the averaging problem in relativistic cosmology, we provide a key to the interpretation of cosmological parameters by taking into account the actual inhomogeneous geometry of the Universe. We discuss the relation between `bare' cosmological parameters determining the cosmological model, and the parameters interpreted by observers with a ``Friedmannian bias'', which are `dressed' by the smoothed-out geometrical inhomogeneities of the surveyed spatial region.
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Cite
@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0210045,
title = {Cosmological parameters are dressed},
author = {Thomas Buchert and Mauro Carfora},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0210045},
year = {2009}
}
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LateX, PRLstyle, 4 pages; submitted to PRL