Is Hubble's Expansion due to Dark Energy
Abstract
The universe is expanding is known (through Galaxy observations) since 1929 through Hubble's discovery (V = H D). Recently in 1999, it is found (through Supernovae observations) that the universe is not simply expanding but is accelerating too. We, however, hardly know only 4\% of the universe. The Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) satellite observational data suggest 73\% content of the universe in the form of dark-energy, 23\% in the form of non-baryonic dark-matter and the rest 4\% in the form of the usual baryonic matter. The acceleration of the universe is ascribed to this dark-energy with bizarre properties (repulsive-gravity). The question is that whether Hubble's expansion is just due to the shock of big-bang & inflation or it is due to the repulsive-gravity of dark-energy? Now, it is believed to be due to dark-energy, say, by re-introducing the once-discarded cosmological-constant . In the present paper, it is shown that `the formula for acceleration due to dark-energy' is (almost) exactly of same-form as `the acceleration formula from the Hubble's law'. Hence, it is concluded that: yes, `indeed it is the dark-energy responsible for the Hubble's expansion too, in-addition to the current on-going acceleration of the universe'.
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