Can decaying modes save void models for acceleration?

Details Can decaying modes save void models for acceleration? Can decaying modes save void models for acceleration?

2011-08-15

arxiv.org/abs/1108.3068v2

Phys. Rev. D 84, 123508 (2011)

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics

11 pages, 3 figures; discussion expanded, appendix added; version accepted to Phys. Rev. D

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevD.84.123508

The unexpected dimness of Type Ia supernovae (SNe), apparently due to accelerated expansion driven by some form of dark energy or modified gravity, has led to attempts to explain the observations using only general relativity with baryonic and cold dark matter, but by dropping the standard assumption of homogeneity on Hubble scales. In particular, the SN data can be explained if we live near the centre of a Hubble-scale void. However, such void models have been shown to be inconsistent with various observations, assuming the void consists of a pure growing mode. Here it is shown that models with significant decaying mode contribution today can be ruled out on the basis of the expected cosmic microwave background spectral distortion. This essentially closes one of the very few remaining loopholes in attempts to rule out void models, and strengthens the evidence for Hubble-scale homogeneity.

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