Fermi coordinates, simultaneity, and expanding space in Robertson-Walker cosmologies

Details Fermi coordinates, simultaneity, and expanding space in Robertson-Walker cosmologies Fermi coordinates, simultaneity, and expanding space in Robertson-Walker cosmologies

2010-10-04

arxiv.org/abs/1010.0588v3

Annales Henri Poincare 12:303-328,2011

Physics

Mathematical Physics

This revised version corrects minor typos

Scientific paper

10.1007/s00023-011-0080-9

Explicit Fermi coordinates are given for geodesic observers comoving with the Hubble flow in expanding Robertson-Walker spacetimes, along with exact expressions for the metric tensors in Fermi coordinates. For the case of non inflationary cosmologies, it is shown that Fermi coordinate charts are global, and space-time is foliated by space slices of constant Fermi (proper) time that have finite extent. A universal upper bound for the proper radius of any leaf of the foliation, i.e., for the proper radius of the spatial universe at any fixed time of the geodesic observer, is given. A general expression is derived for the geometrically defined Fermi relative velocity of a test particle (e.g. a galaxy) comoving with the Hubble flow away from the observer. Least upper bounds of superluminal recessional Fermi velocities are given for spacetimes whose scale factors follow power laws, including matter-dominated and radiation-dominated cosmologies. Exact expressions for the proper radius of any leaf of the foliation for this same class of spacetimes are given. It is shown that the radii increase linearly with proper time of the observer moving with the Hubble flow. These results are applied to particular cosmological models.

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