Inhomogeneities and cosmological expansion

Abstract

I review work on the influence of inhomogeneities in the matter distribution on the determination of the luminosity distance of faraway sources, and the connection to the perceived cosmological acceleration.

4 pages, 2 figures, talk at the 9th Hellenic School and Workshops (Corfu): Standard Model and Beyond -- Standard Cosmology

References in corpus (4)

• The Effect of Large-Scale Inhomogeneities on the Luminosity Distance
• Light Propagation and Large-Scale Inhomogeneities
• Cosmological Acceleration and Gravitational Collapse
• Analytical Estimate of the Effect of Spherical Inhomogeneities on Luminosity Distance and Redshift