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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2007 iii Paper 67 2 i Solution by
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In a spatially flat FLRW metric, a radial null geodesic satisfies . Normalize . The comoving particle horizon at time is therefore , using the initial singularity as the time origin. The cosmological redshift relation givesFor matter and a cosmological constant in a spatially flat model, the Friedmann equation gives . The initial singularity corresponds to , so reversing the integration limits yieldsThis is a comoving particle horizon, not a distance to the source currently observed at redshift , and not a future-directed cosmological event horizon. The corresponding proper horizon radius at that epoch is .
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