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Does the measured value of the Hubble constant, H_0, depend on the details of the expansion model one uses?
That depends somewhat upon how it is measured. If it is inferred from far-away observations, such as the Cosmic Microwave Background, then the answer is yes. But our most accurate measurements of H_0 are from nearby observations where the expansion rate hasn't changed enough for it to really matter what our model of the expansion is.johne1618 said:Does the measured value of the Hubble constant, H_0, depend on the details of the expansion model one uses?
What? Why are you bringing this up? Because it sounds completely off-topic to me.Vorde said:The Hubble Constant is not dimensionless (i.e., it will change depending on the units you are using), I know that slightly different values have been collected depending on the method used (all within error bars), I believe that the Cosmological Constant can be given a arbitrary value in Einsteins GR equations, although there is only a small range where the value would be reasonable.
The reason I bring both up is that while the Hubble Constant is based on observation, the Cosmological Constant is based in the equations.