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EAS Publications Series
Volume 36, 2009
Dark Energy and Dark Matter: Observations, Experiments and Theories
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| Page(s) | 91 - 98 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/eas/0936011 | |
| Published online | 30 May 2009 | |
E. Pécontal, T. Buchert, Ph. Di Stefano and Y. Copin (eds)
EAS Publications Series, 36 (2009) 91-98
Gravitational energy as dark energy: Towards concordance cosmology without Lambda
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Canterbury,
Private Bag 4800, Christchurch 8140, New Zealand
Corresponding author: David.Wiltshire@canterbury.ac.nz
I briefly outline a new physical interpretation to the average cosmological parameters for an inhomogeneous universe with backreaction. The variance in local geometry and gravitational energy between ideal isotropic observers in bound structures and isotropic observers at the volume average location in voids plays a crucial role. Fits of a model universe to observational data suggest the possibility of a new concordance cosmology, in which dark energy is revealed as a mis-identification of gravitational energy gradients that become important when voids grow at late epochs.
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