Bibcode
Ilia, R. L.; Cepa, Jordi
Referencia bibliográfica
Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Volume 314, Issue 1, pp. 012125 (2011).
Fecha de publicación:
9
2011
Número de citas
0
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Descripción
Determining the redshift of astronomical sources is fundamental for
cosmological studies, since it allows deriving distances to the
observer. However, the distance-redshift relationship commonly used is
obtained from the isotropic, homogeneous
Friedmann-Lemaitre-Robertson-Walker (FLRW) metric. By fitting this
distance-redshift relations to Supernovae Ia data, used by many authors
as standard candles for distance measurements, it was shown that the
expansion of the universe is accelerating, since the addittion of
equations of state in the cosmological model was required. Whether this
dark energy is a cosmological constant or a quintessence is still to be
determined, and is the objective of some current and future dark energy
studies.
However, the Universe is not homogeneuos. The gravitational lens effect
changes the luminosity of distant sources, and it may also change
significantly the angular diameter distance, thus modifying the
luminosity distance, changing the distance-redshift relation with
respect to that of an homogeneous universe. This effect can be
considered an additional source of dispersion of the data, affecting the
determination of the dark energy equation of state.
We are developing a test for studying departures from the FLRW
distance-redshift relation, and its impact on the determination of the
dark energy equation of state.