What is dust?—Physical foundations of the averaging problem in cosmology

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/28/16/164006zbMath1225.83111arXiv1106.1693OpenAlexW2057217436MaRDI QIDQ3173063

David L. Wiltshire

Publication date: 10 October 2011

Published in: Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1106.1693

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Relativistic cosmology (83F05) Philosophical and critical aspects of logic and foundations (03A05) Macroscopic interaction of the gravitational field with matter (hydrodynamics, etc.) (83C55) Galactic and stellar structure (85A15) Approximation procedures, weak fields in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C25) Astrophysical cosmology (85A40)

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