Saturday, 21 March 2015

cosmology - Are objects in the universe moving away from each other at the same acceleration?

I assume you mean is $frac{dv}{dt}$ the same for all objects and/or is it constant for all objects, where $v$ is recessional velocity (and $t$ is cosmic time)? The answer is no it is not the same for all objects and it is not constant for all objects.



$$v=frac{dD}{dt}=H(t)D$$



Where $D$ is proper distance and $H(t)$ is the Hubble parameter. If we take the Hubble parameter as a constant, then:



$$D = D_0e^{Ht}$$



Where $D_0$ is the proper distance at the present time. So,



$$D''(t) = frac{dv}{dt} = D_0H^2e^{Ht}$$



So the "recessional acceleration" of an object depends on its present proper distance and is exponentially increasing with time.



Now the Hubble parameter isn't a constant and in LCDM cosmology is currently asymptotically decreasing to a constant. In the current epoch though it is fair to say that the "recessional acceleration" of an object depends on its proper distance and is increasing with time.

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