GPPU Seminar

Date

15:00-17:00, November 22nd, 2023

Place

(hybrid) Room 745, Science Complex B (H-03), Zoom registration map

Abstract

I show that the Hubble parameter describes the expansion rate of our universe and is one of the most important parameter to chracterize our unoverse. Thus the measurement of Hubble parameter has been a major topic in the observational cosmology. Recently there has been a significant discrepancy in the observed value in the Hubble parameter depending on the methods of the observation. This is called the Hubble tension. If the descrepancy is real, it will give rise to a revolutionary change in cosmology. I will show in this talk that the observed inhomogeneity of matter distribution in our neigbhoring universe natually explain the tension without introducing any artificial assumption on physics. For this purpose the Einstein equations are averaged over a finite domain to construct local Friedmann universe, and obtain the relation between local and global(horizon scale) Hubble parameter. For students who are not familiar with cosmology, I will give a brief introduction on the necessary knowledge on astronomy and cosmology such as Hubble parameter and the distance -redshift relation.

Point

GSP 1