Questions tagged [cosmology]
The study of the large-scale structure, history, and future of the universe. Cosmology is about asking and answering questions about the "big picture" - the extent, origin, and fate of everything we know.
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Viable values for the 'K' parameter in the FLRW metric
The FLWR metric is sometimes given as $$c^2 d\tau^2 = c^2 dt^2 - \frac{a(t)^2}{(1-KX^2)} dX^2. $$
I am not interested in the tangential motion so I set $d \Omega = 0$ although it is of interest in ...
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Can a light signal from Earth reach a galaxy outside the Hubble Horizon?
Is this video on the FLRW metric (timestamp 19:00 minutes) mistaken in its claim that a light signal from Earth cannot catch up with a galaxy outside the Hubble horizon, due to the horizon receding at ...
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Dilaton field causes apparent universe expansion?
In string theory low-energy $n$-dimensional gravity is described by an action of the following form:
$$S^{(n)}=\frac{1}{2\kappa^{(n)}}\int d^nx\sqrt{-G}e^{-2\Phi}\Big(\mathcal{R}+4\partial_\mu\Phi\...
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Gravitational halos made of neutrinos...?
I have been recently interested in how halos made of standard model particles could be formed and behave.
After asking some questions in this site, I was told about how neutrinos could form such halos....
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Is the FRW metric, based on spatial homogeneity and isotropy, rotationally and translationally invariant? If so, how?
The spatial part of the Minkowski metric, written in the Cartesian coordinates, $$d\vec{ x}^2=dx^2+dy^2+dz^2,$$ is invariant under spatial translations: $\vec{x}\to \vec{x}+\vec{a}$, where $\vec{a}$ ...
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Title: Novel Theory: Dimensional Escalation, Hyper Dimensions, and Multiverse Energy Balance [closed]
Title: Theory of Dimensional Escalation, Hyper Dimensions, and Multiverse
I have developed a theory regarding dimensional escalation, hyper dimensions, and the multiverse, and I would greatly ...
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Cosmological numerical computations
I am unsure where to ask this question, whether here or in the Mathematica stackexchange, but either way, I was wondering what are some recommendations for cosmological computations specifically using ...
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Understanding expansion of the Universe as things flying apart
Say that we have a Universe uniformly filled just with matter (let's not bring dark energy into this). And say that we fill it with very light particles (so that the gravitational interaction between ...
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Prove that the value of the cosmological constant equals the energy density of the vacuum
I know that Einstein introduced his cosmological constant assuming it as an independent parameter, something characteristic of the Universe, in itself, but the term of it in the field equations can be ...
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How do I interpret the unit of [1/dex]?
I am trying to reproduce the mass function graph from a paper. I have calculated the mass function $\frac{\rm{d}f}{\rm{d}\log M}$, where $f$ is the mass fraction with respect to the total mass in the ...
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Why is FTL travel impossible if the universe expands FTL?
If the universe is expanding spacetime faster than light (FTL), is FTL travel no longer completely impossible?
Do not care about energy requirements or needing new tech, just if it is NOT physically ...
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What is the energy density of gravitational fields around neutron stars? [closed]
The field strength of gravitational fields around neutron stars is extremely high. This would lead to an extreme negative value for the energy density. But if an absolute negative energy density is ...
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Why can we use Bose-Einstein statistics in this expression for number density
In a system with $N$ particles in some volume $V$ in contact with a reservoir of temperature $T$, we find that
$$\bar{n_i}=\frac{g_i}{e^{\frac{{\epsilon}_i -\mu}{kT}} \pm 1}$$
depending on whether the ...
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What causes the 41k obliquity cycle?
The obliquity cycle refers to the oscillation of the Earth's axial tilt, which has a period of about $41,000$ years.
When the Moon is the main cause of the tilt, and it is receding linearly, how can ...
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The data file of the LISA Interferometer results
How to extract the data of the strain versus frequency plot of the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA): Figure (2) in this paper:
https://arxiv.org/abs/1702.00786
The paper doesn't contain any ...
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