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Light-cone averaging in cosmology: formalism and applications

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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 · unverdicted · novelty 8.0

Second-order relativistic effects on redshift drift are computed, showing distortions appear only at this order with enhanced nonlinear bispectrum contributions at low redshift and large momenta.

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

    Second-order relativistic effects on redshift drift are computed, showing distortions appear only at this order with enhanced nonlinear bispectrum contributions at low redshift and large momenta.

  • 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.