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Light-cone averaging in cosmology: formalism and applications

3 Pith papers cite this work, alongside 147 external citations. Polarity classification is still indexing.

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We present a general gauge invariant formalism for defining cosmological averages that are relevant for observations based on light-like signals. Such averages involve either null hypersurfaces corresponding to a family of past light-cones or compact surfaces given by their intersection with timelike hypersurfaces. Generalized Buchert-Ehlers commutation rules for derivatives of these light-cone averages are given. After introducing some adapted "geodesic light-cone" coordinates, we give explicit expressions for averaging the redshift to luminosity-distance relation and the so-called "redshift drift" in a generic inhomogeneous Universe.

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Nonlinear Relativistic Effects on Cosmological Redshift Drift

astro-ph.CO · 2026-04-29 · conditional · novelty 7.0

Second-order relativistic corrections to the redshift drift are derived; the dominant sub-Hubble term is the squared radial velocity gradient, producing a bispectrum that can exceed the squared power spectrum at low z.

Mapping the Universe as a Bianchi I cosmology with Gaia data

astro-ph.CO · 2026-05-28 · unverdicted · novelty 5.0

Gaia quasar proper motions show a significant quadrupole signal matching an axisymmetric Bianchi I anisotropy model, but the amplitude does not increase with redshift as the model requires and the inferred local shear exceeds expectations.

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  • Nonlinear Relativistic Effects on Cosmological Redshift Drift astro-ph.CO · 2026-04-29 · conditional · none · ref 51

    Second-order relativistic corrections to the redshift drift are derived; the dominant sub-Hubble term is the squared radial velocity gradient, producing a bispectrum that can exceed the squared power spectrum at low z.

  • Mapping the Universe as a Bianchi I cosmology with Gaia data astro-ph.CO · 2026-05-28 · unverdicted · none · ref 15 · internal anchor

    Gaia quasar proper motions show a significant quadrupole signal matching an axisymmetric Bianchi I anisotropy model, but the amplitude does not increase with redshift as the model requires and the inferred local shear exceeds expectations.

  • In the Realm of the Hubble tension $-$ a Review of Solutions astro-ph.CO · 2021-03-01 · unverdicted · none · ref 50 · internal anchor

    A review summarizing the Hubble constant tension and proposed solutions from new physics that restore agreement between Planck CMB data and local H0 measurements within 1-2 sigma.