The dipole functions in quasispherical Szekeres models shift shells relative to each other and rotate their local frames by exact amounts, and the paper shows how these effects explain the models' geometry.
Szekeres Swiss-Cheese model and supernova observations
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We use different particular classes of axially symmetric Szekeres Swiss-cheese models for the study of the apparent dimming of the supernovae of type Ia. We compare the results with those obtained in the corresponding Lemaitre-Tolman Swiss-cheese models. Although the quantitative picture is different the qualitative results are comparable, i.e, one cannot fully explain the dimming of the supernovae using small scale ~50 Mpc inhomogeneities. To fit successfully the data we need structures of order of 500 Mpc size or larger. However, this result might be an artifact due to the use of axial light rays in axially symmetric models. Anyhow, this work is a first step in trying to use Szekeres Swiss-cheese models in cosmology and it will be followed by the study of more physical models with still less symmetry.
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Physical geometry of the quasispherical Szekeres models
The dipole functions in quasispherical Szekeres models shift shells relative to each other and rotate their local frames by exact amounts, and the paper shows how these effects explain the models' geometry.