Ricci focusing, shearing, and the expansion rate in an almost homogeneous Universe

The Universe is inhomogeneous, and yet it seems to be incredibly well-characterised by a homogeneous relativistic model. One of the current challenges is to accurately characterise the properties of such a model. In this paper we explore how inhomogeneities may affect the overall optical properties...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Bolejko, K, Ferreira, P
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2012