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Infrared-modified Universe

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2012-04-19 v1 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We consider a Hubble expansion law modified in the infra-red by distance-dependent terms, and attempt to enforce homogeneity upon it. As a warm-up, we re-derive the basic kinematics of a Friedman Robertson Walker universe without using standard general relativistic tools: we describe the expansion with a `Hubble velocity field' rather than with a four dimensional metric. Then we extend this analysis to the modified Hubble expansion and impose a transformation for velocities that makes it identical for all comoving observers, and therefore homogeneous. We derive the modified equation for light ray trajectories and other geometrical properties that are incompatible with the general relativistic description. We speculate that this extended framework could help addressing cosmological problems which are normally explained with accelerating expansions.

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@article{arxiv.1204.4099,
  title  = {Infrared-modified Universe},
  author = {Federico Piazza},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1204.4099},
  year   = {2012}
}

Comments

8 pages. A slightly more concise version was submitted to the Gravity Research Foundation Essay Competition 2012

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