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arxiv: gr-qc/9906015 · v2 · submitted 1999-06-04 · 🌀 gr-qc · astro-ph

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On average properties of inhomogeneous fluids in general relativity I: dust cosmologies

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For general relativistic spacetimes filled with irrotational `dust' a generalized form of Friedmann's equations for an `effective' expansion factor $a_D (t)$ of inhomogeneous cosmologies is derived. Contrary to the standard Friedmann equations, which hold for homogeneous-isotropic cosmologies, the new equations include the `backreaction effect' of inhomogeneities on the average expansion of the model. A universal relation between `backreaction' and average scalar curvature is also given. For cosmologies whose averaged spatial scalar curvature is proportional to $a_D^{-2}$, the expansion law governing a generic domain can be found. However, as the general equations show, `backreaction' acts as to produce average curvature in the course of structure formation, even when starting with space sections that are spatially flat on average.

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