1205.6877 (Mohamad Shalaby)

Dynamics and Light Propagation in a Universe with Discrete Matter
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Mohamad Shalaby

We discuss a model for a universe with discrete matter content instead of the continuous perfect uid taken in FRW models. We show how the redshift in such a universe deviates from the corresponding one in an FRW cosmology. This illustrates the fact that averaging the matter content in a universe and then evolving it in time, is not the same as evolving a universe with discrete matter content. The main reason for such deviation is the fact that the photons in such a universe mainly travel in an empty space rather than the continuous perfect uid in FRW geometry.

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