The Possibility of Cosmic Acceleration via Spatial Averaging in Lemâitre-Tolman-Bondi Models

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  • Aseem Paranjape
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We investigate the possible occurrence of a positive cosmic acceleration in a spatially averaged, expanding, unbound Lemâitre-Tolman-Bondi cosmology. By studying an approximation in which the contribution of three-curvature dominates over the matter density, we construct numerical models which exhibit acceleration.

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تاریخ انتشار 2008