Cosmological models Definition and 19 Threads

The subject of this thread is about the existence of Closed Timelike Curves (CTC) in FLRW models. FLRW models have topology ##\mathbb R^4## or ##\mathbb S^3 \times \mathbb R##. What about their metric? Do they have any CTC ?

As required I start this thread on the meaning of "expanding universe" in the context of GR. FRW standard models have a special timelike congruence named "comoving" congruence. One can pick an adapted global chart in which the comoving congruence's worldlines are "at rest". Such a chart defines...

Hi, I was thinking about the claim that for instance Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*) black hole is a at 26996±29 light years from the Earth from a GR point of view. Assuming a FLRW model for the Universe, maybe the above meaning is that at a given cosmological time ##t## (the "present" time) the proper...

Where ##\delta \phi## is the first-order perturbation of a scalar field, ##\Phi## is the first-order perturbation of the space-time metric, and ##H## is the universe’s scale factor. It’s mentioned that this relation is given in reference: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1002.0600.pdf But I can't find...

Wikipedia states the following in their article about the expansion of the universe: If the cosmological principle was discovered to be false in our universe, i.e. our universe was discovered to be inhomogeneous or anisotropic or both on very large scales and the FLRW metric does not hold for...

The following figure shows observed distance modulus (µ) vs. redshift (z) data (references of data sources are available): How well do cosmological models, such as ΛCDM and models based on non-expanding universe, explain these observed data? For explanation of terms, please see, Type Ia...

I am familiar with non-Bayesian methods for calculating best fit values of various parametric models, but I have not had any experience with cosmological models calculations. My understanding is that these models have five parameters: H0, Ωr, Ωm, Ωk, ΩΛ, and the last four satisfy the constraint...

ρο/a4 ρο/a3 k Λ Βig Bang Big Crunch Polynomial Expansion Exponential Expansion x 0 x 0 >0 x +1 x +1 x 0 <0 x -1 x -1 >0...

I am interested to know if cosmic microwave (160 Ghz) or cosmic radio (20-50 Mhz) background radiation has ever been measured/detected underground or underwater? This may seem like an odd question as you’d expect lots of rock and water to attenuate or block the cosmic radiation photons, but I...

Hello. I think I don't understand very well the Paul Steinhardt's cyclic model of Universe(s). According to Paul Steinhardt, 2 universes get closer. Then, there's the big bounce, which products effects like a big bang. If 2 universes get closer, they have a (relative) speed ( speed is the...

Hi, my question is if there exists a study systematically comparing different cosmological models in how well they fit the same standard cosmological data sets (CMB, luminosity, BOA, SNe, lensing,...). I can find very little besides LCDM. In the rare case of a comparison, it leads to...

hey everyone... i am working on an assignment of cosmological models and beginning and ending of the universe but unable to find something that is compact and describe it all.. can anyone help me in making of this assignment please

An interesting and well presented new paper by Kumar and Xu: "Observational constraints on a cosmological model with variable equation of state parameters for matter and dark energy" http://arxiv.org/abs/1207.5582 The idea of a variable equation of state for matter and dark energy is not...

Does anybody know about a comprehensive list of cosmological models and their properties? E.g. FRW, dS, AdS, ... Goedelspacetime, ... with metrics g, Christoffel symbols, Riemann tensors, Ricci, Ricci scalar, Kretschmann scalar, ... Tom

I have read that some cosmological models predict a heat death of the universe. Eventually all matter (beggining with superclusters, clusters, then galaxies, then stars) will lose all energy and separate (due to expansion which will eventually occur even on a galactically local level) so that...

Which of the common cosmological models do you prefer and why? Assume we don't know which if any of the models is the actual one that matches the universe.

to those experts in the field of cosmology i was wondering if " large scale structures can be formed in stable cosmological models" or should i say that " large scale structures cannot be formed in those cosmological models that are stable with respect to gravitational or other curvature...

If we take Planck's constant to be a measure of quantum fluctuations, which seems natural in the world-view of https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=204567", then it also seems natural to ask whether Planck's constant might vary over cosmological scales, just as temperature is a measure...

There is much confusion and mystery surrounding the Multiverse Theory. At present there is a wide range of different Multiverse Theories, which this paper does a good job in giving the basic concept behind the different variations Multiverse cosmological models