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Past exam of the general relativity and cosmology course of the University of Oxford 2013 4 d Solution by
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For a single constant- perfect fluid in a flat expanding FLRW metric model, cosmological energy conservation gives and . With , the luminosity distance follows by integrating the radial null geodesic:The constant-equation-of-state luminosity distance is consequentlyThis includes regularly, giving . Restoring conventional units multiplies the distance formulas by . Expanding about givesThe second result also follows directly from the Friedmann acceleration equation. The expansion agrees with the general coefficient of .
For phantom energy, , put . Integration of with givesBecause , the scale factor diverges at the Big Rip timeThis is a property of the stipulated constant- fluid model; it is not realizable by the positive-density canonical scalar of the preceding parts.
Exact flat single-fluid luminosity distances for several constant equations of state, including the logarithmic coasting case
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