Local Peculiar Motions in McVittie and LTB Spacetimes

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Main Authors: Molaei, Masoud, Baghram, Shant, Mashhoon, Bahram
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author Molaei, Masoud
Baghram, Shant
Mashhoon, Bahram
author_facet Molaei, Masoud
Baghram, Shant
Mashhoon, Bahram
contents We consider two inhomogeneous cosmological models, namely, the flat McVittie spacetime and a simple specific LTB spacetime. Relative to the world line of a reference comoving observer that remains spatially at rest, we study the local deviations of the world lines of free test particles. These local peculiar motions can be invariantly characterized within the framework of a quasi-inertial Fermi normal coordinate system established along the world line of the reference comoving observer. Tidal dynamics in the McVittie model involves the sum of the curvature due to the inhomogeneity, the curvature due to the background FLRW spacetime and a mixed term, while tidal dynamics in the particular LTB model turns out to be qualitatively the same as in the Einstein-de Sitter universe. Peculiar motions in the two cosmological models are briefly compared and contrasted.
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spellingShingle Local Peculiar Motions in McVittie and LTB Spacetimes
Molaei, Masoud
Baghram, Shant
Mashhoon, Bahram
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
We consider two inhomogeneous cosmological models, namely, the flat McVittie spacetime and a simple specific LTB spacetime. Relative to the world line of a reference comoving observer that remains spatially at rest, we study the local deviations of the world lines of free test particles. These local peculiar motions can be invariantly characterized within the framework of a quasi-inertial Fermi normal coordinate system established along the world line of the reference comoving observer. Tidal dynamics in the McVittie model involves the sum of the curvature due to the inhomogeneity, the curvature due to the background FLRW spacetime and a mixed term, while tidal dynamics in the particular LTB model turns out to be qualitatively the same as in the Einstein-de Sitter universe. Peculiar motions in the two cosmological models are briefly compared and contrasted.
title Local Peculiar Motions in McVittie and LTB Spacetimes
topic General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.01758