Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2011-09-22
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics
103 pages, 6 figures, 1 table; v2: citation updates, some discussion and references added; An early exposition of this researc
Scientific paper
A phenomenological formalism is presented in which the apparent acceleration of the universe is generated by large-scale structure formation, thus eliminating the coincidence and magnitude fine-tuning problems of the Cosmological Constant in the Concordance Model, as well as potential instability issues with dynamical Dark Energy. The observed acceleration results from the combined effect of innumerable local perturbations, due to individually virialized systems, overlapping together in a smoothly-inhomogeneous adjustment of the FRW metric, in a process governed by the causal flow of inhomogeneity information outward from each clumped system. We discuss several arguments from the literature claiming to place sharp limits upon the strength of backreaction-related effects, and show why such arguments are not applicable in a physically realistic cosmological analysis. A selection of simply-parameterized models are presented, including several which are capable of fitting the luminosity distance data from Type Ia supernovae essentially as well as the best-fit flat $\Lambda$CDM model, without resort to Dark Energy, any modification to gravity, or a local void. Simultaneously, these models can reproduce measured cosmological parameters such as the age of the universe, the matter density required for spatial flatness, the present-day deceleration parameter, and the angular scale of the Cosmic Microwave Background to within a reasonable proximity of their Concordance values. We conclude by considering potential observational signatures for distinguishing this cosmological formalism from $\Lambda$CDM or Dark Energy, as well as the possible long-term fate of such a universe with ever-spreading spheres of influence for its increasingly superposed perturbations.
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