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Modelling Inhomogeneity in Szekeres Spacetime

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2014-12-24 v1

Abstract

We study the behaviour of the density contrast in quasi-spherical Szekeres spacetime and derive its analytical behaviour as a function of tt and rr. We set up the inhomogeneity using initial data in the form of one extreme value of the density and the radial profile. We derive conditions for density extremes that are necessary for avoiding the shell crossing singularity and show that in the special case of a trivial curvature function, the conditions are preserved by evolution. We also show that in this special case if the initial inhomogeneity is small, the time evolution does not influence the density contrast, however its magnitude homogeneously decreases.

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@article{arxiv.1412.7203,
  title  = {Modelling Inhomogeneity in Szekeres Spacetime},
  author = {David Vrba and Otakar Svitek},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1412.7203},
  year   = {2014}
}

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