How does the Hubble Sphere limit our view of the Universe?
Abstract
It has recently been claimed that the Hubble Sphere represents a previously unknown limit to our view of the universe, with light we detect today coming from a proper distance less than this "Cosmic Horizon" at the present time. By considering the paths of light rays in several cosmologies, we show that this claim is not generally true. In particular, in cosmologies dominated by phantom energy (with an equation of state of \omega < -1) the proper distance to the Hubble Sphere decreases, and light rays can cross it more than once in both directions; such behaviour further diminishes the claim that the Hubble Sphere is a fundamental, but unrecognised, horizon in the universe.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1203.0032,
title = {How does the Hubble Sphere limit our view of the Universe?},
author = {Geraint F. Lewis and Pim van Oirschot},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1203.0032},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
4 pages, 4 figures: Accepted for publication in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters