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Title: Average density in cosmology

Journal Article · · Astrophys. J.; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1086/165178· OSTI ID:6238530

The Einstein-Straus (1945) vacuole is here used to represent a bound cluster of galaxies embedded in a standard pressure-free cosmological model, and the average density of the cluster is compared with the density of the surrounding cosmic fluid. The two are nearly but not quite equal, and the more condensed the cluster, the greater the difference. A theoretical consequence of the discrepancy between the two densities is discussed. 25 references.

Research Organization:
Cape Town Univ., Rondebosch, Republic of South Africa
OSTI ID:
6238530
Journal Information:
Astrophys. J.; (United States), Vol. 316
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English