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Is there a flatness problem in classical cosmology?
Helbig, Phillip
2012In Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 421 (1), p. 561-569
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Keywords :
cosmological parameters; cosmology: theory
Abstract :
[en] I briefly review the flatness problem within the context of classical cosmology and examine some of the debate in the literature with regard to its definition and even the question whether it exists. I then present some new calculations for cosmological models which will collapse in the future; together with previous work by others for models which will expand forever, this allows one to examine the flatness problem quantitatively for all cosmological models. This leads to the conclusion that the flatness problem does not exist, not only for the cosmological models corresponding to the currently popular values of λ[SUB]0[/SUB] and Ω[SUB]0[/SUB] but indeed for all Friedmann-Lemaître models.
Disciplines :
Space science, astronomy & astrophysics
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Language :
English
Title :
Is there a flatness problem in classical cosmology?
Publication date :
01 March 2012
Journal title :
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
ISSN :
0035-8711
eISSN :
1365-2966
Publisher :
Oxford University Press, Oxford, United Kingdom
Volume :
421
Issue :
1
Pages :
561-569
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Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
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