Interpretations of the Accelerating Universe
Abstract
It is generally argued that the present cosmological observations support the accelerating models of the universe, as driven by the cosmological constant or `dark energy'. We argue here that an alternative model of the universe is possible which explains the current observations of the universe. We demonstrate this with a reinterpretation of the magnitude-redshift relation for Type Ia supernovae, since this was the test that gave a spurt to the current trend in favour of the cosmological constant.
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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0205064,
title = {Interpretations of the Accelerating Universe},
author = {J. V. Narlikar and R. G. Vishwakarma and G. Burbidge},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0205064},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
12 pages including 2 figures, minor revision, references added, a paragraph on the interpretation of the CMB anisotropy in the QSSC added in conclusion, general results unchanged. To appear in the October 2002 issue of the "Publications of the Astronmical Society of the Pacific"