The Dyer-Roeder relation in a universe with particle production

Abstract

We have obtained analytical exact solutions of the Dyer-Roeder equation in a cosmological model where creation of particles occurs at the expenses of the gravitational field. We discussed the influences of inhomogeneities in the path of a light beam on the apparent diameter of astrophysical objects and consider both redshift independent as redshift dependent distributions of the inhomogeneities.

7 pages, 4 figures. Accepted to be published in the Astronomy and Astrophysics Journal