Shock-Wave Refinement of the Friedmann-Robertson-Walker Metric

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Autori principali: Alexander, Christopher, Temple, Blake, Smoller, Joel
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author Alexander, Christopher
Temple, Blake
Smoller, Joel
author_facet Alexander, Christopher
Temple, Blake
Smoller, Joel
contents The mathematics of general relativistic shock waves is introduced and considered in a cosmological context. In particular, an expanding Friedmann-Roberson-Walker metric is matched to a Tolman-Oppenheimer-Volkoff metric across a spherical shock surface. This is the general relativistic analogue of a shock-wave explosion within a static singular isothermal fluid sphere and may be regarded as a model for the Big Bang. These shock waves are constructed both within and beyond the Hubble radius, which corresponds to a universe outside and inside its Schwarzschild radius respectively. Certain self-similar perturbations of the FRW metric lead to an accelerated expansion, even without a cosmological constant, and thus it is conjectured that such a mechanism may account for the anomalous acceleration observed today without recourse to dark energy.
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spellingShingle Shock-Wave Refinement of the Friedmann-Robertson-Walker Metric
Alexander, Christopher
Temple, Blake
Smoller, Joel
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Mathematical Physics
The mathematics of general relativistic shock waves is introduced and considered in a cosmological context. In particular, an expanding Friedmann-Roberson-Walker metric is matched to a Tolman-Oppenheimer-Volkoff metric across a spherical shock surface. This is the general relativistic analogue of a shock-wave explosion within a static singular isothermal fluid sphere and may be regarded as a model for the Big Bang. These shock waves are constructed both within and beyond the Hubble radius, which corresponds to a universe outside and inside its Schwarzschild radius respectively. Certain self-similar perturbations of the FRW metric lead to an accelerated expansion, even without a cosmological constant, and thus it is conjectured that such a mechanism may account for the anomalous acceleration observed today without recourse to dark energy.
title Shock-Wave Refinement of the Friedmann-Robertson-Walker Metric
topic General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Mathematical Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.14472