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Distance-Redshift in Inhomogeneous FLRW

R. Kantowski, J. K. Kao, R. C. Thomas

astro-pharXiv:astro-ph/0002334

Abstract

We give distance--redshift relations in terms of elliptic integrals for three different mass distributions of the Friedmann-Lema\ıtre-Robertson-Walker (FLRW) cosmology. These models are dynamically pressure free FLRW on large scales but, due to mass inhomogeneities, differ in their optical properties. They are the filled-beam model (standard FLRW), the empty-beam model (no mass density exists in the observing beams) and the 2/3 filled-beam model. For special -- values the elliptic integrals reduce to more familiar functions. These new expressions for distance-redshift significantly reduce computer evaluation times.

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