NDLI: Dark energy as a mirage

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Author	Mattsson, Teppo
Copyright Year	2009
Abstract	Motivated by the observed cosmic matter distribution, we present the following conjecture: due to the formation of voids and opaque structures, the average matter density on the path of the light from the well-observed objects changes from ΩM ≃ 1 in the homogeneous early universe to ΩM ≃ 0 in the clumpy late universe, so that the average expansion rate increases along our line of sight from EdS expansion Ht ≃ 2/3 at high redshifts to free expansion Ht ≃ 1 at low redshifts. To calculate the modified observable distance–redshift relations, we introduce a generalized Dyer–Roeder method that allows for two crucial physical properties of the universe: inhomogeneities in the expansion rate and the growth of the nonlinear structures. By treating the transition redshift to the void-dominated era as a free parameter, we find a phenomenological fit to the observations from the CMB anisotropy, the position of the baryon oscillation peak, the magnitude–redshift relations of type Ia supernovae, the local Hubble flow and the nucleosynthesis, resulting in a concordant model of the universe with 90% dark matter, 10% baryons, no dark energy, 15 Gyr as the age of the universe and a natural value for the transition redshift z 0 = 0.35. Unlike a large local void, the model respects the cosmological principle, further offering an explanation for the late onset of the perceived acceleration as a consequence of the forming nonlinear structures. Additional tests, such as quantitative predictions for angular deviations due to an anisotropic void distribution and a theoretical derivation of the model, can vindicate or falsify the interpretation that light propagation in voids is responsible for the perceived acceleration.
Starting Page	567
Ending Page	599
Page Count	33
File Format	PDF
ISSN	00017701
Journal	General Relativity and Gravitation
Volume Number	42
Issue Number	3
e-ISSN	15729532
Language	English
Publisher	Springer US
Publisher Date	2009-08-11
Publisher Place	Boston
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Inhomogeneous cosmological models Dark energy Cosmology Gravitation Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology Differential Geometry Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics Quantum Physics
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Physics and Astronomy

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