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Homework Statement
Consider the following geodesic of a massless particle where ##\alpha## is a constant:
[tex] \dot r = \frac{\alpha}{a(t)^2} [/tex]
[tex]c^2 \dot t^2 = \frac{\alpha^2}{a^2(t)} [/tex]
Homework Equations
The Attempt at a Solution
Part (a)
[tex]c \frac{dt}{d\lambda} = \frac{\alpha}{a}[/tex]
[tex]a dt = \frac{\alpha}{c} d\lambda [/tex]
[tex]\frac{1}{H} a = \frac{\alpha}{c} \lambda + \epsilon^{'}[/tex]
[tex]a = \frac{H}{c} \left( \alpha \lambda + \epsilon \right) [/tex]
Similarly,
[tex]r = \frac{c^2}{H^2} \left[ -\frac{1}{\alpha \lambda + \epsilon} + \delta \right] [/tex]
Part(b)
I'm confused as to what the limits of integration are. I'm not sure if this is right:
At ##t = t_0##, ##a(t_0) = 1 = \frac{H}{c} \left(\alpha \lambda + \epsilon \right)##.
At ##r = r_e## what happens to ##\delta##?