|  Averaging in Cosmology | 
In General
  > s.a. cosmological perturbations; friedmann equation.
  * Idea: The problem of
    averaging the observed inhomogeneities and anisotropies in cosmology to produce
    an FLRW model describing the large-scale evolution of the universe (fitting
    the parameters of such a model); Because of the non-linearity of the theory,
    any explicit averaging scheme yields corrections to simply using the Friedmann
    equation with averaged quantities; The main effect may be that of leading to an
    acceleration of the expansion rate, a topic that has been the subject of debate.
  * Approaches: Buchert & Carfora
    summarize the effects that quantify the difference between "bare'' and
    "dressed'' parameters as "curvature backreaction'' and "volume effect'';
    The "macroscopic gravity" approach modifies the Einstein field equation
    on cosmological scales by appropriate gravitational correlation terms, that in a
    homogeneous, isotropic model have the effect of an extra curvature.
  @ Reviews: Ellis & Buchert PLA(05)gq [and entropy];
    Zalaletdinov gq/07-proc;
    Célérier a0706-proc;
    van den Hoogen a1003-MG12.
  @ General references:
    Carfora & Marzuoli PRL(84);
    Hemmerich A&A(87);
    Ellis & Stoeger CQG(87);
    Hellaby GRG(88);
    Zalaletdinov GRG(92),
    BASI(97)gq;
    Zotov & Stoeger CQG(92);
    Futamase PRD(96);
    Buchert in(97)ap;
    Boersma PRD(98)gq/97;
    Stoeger et al IJMPD(07)gq/99 [linearized];
    Sicka et al ap/99-proc [effect of the backreaction term];
    Tanimoto gq/99,
    PTP(99)gq [model];
    Buchert & Carfora PRL(03)gq/02 [and scaling];
    Paranjape & Singh PRD(07)gq,
    GRG(08),
    Paranjape IJMPD(08)-a0705-GRF [corrections to Friedmann equations];
    Mattsson & Ronkainen JCAP(08) [scale dependence];
    Reiris CQG(08) [k = −1 Friedmann-Lemaître];
    Larena PRD(09)-a0902 [for a tilted set of observers];
    Paranjape PhD(09)-a0906;
    Mattsson & Mattsson JCAP(10)-a1007,
    JCAP(11)-a1012 [role of shear];
    Marozzi JCAP(11)-a1011;
    Wiegand & Schwarz A&A(12)-a1109 [inhomogeneity-induced variance of cosmological parameters].
  @ Physical effects and viewpoint: Buchert CQG(11)-a1103 [non-perturbative];
    Ellis CQG(11);
    Wiltshire CQG(11)-a1106,
    a1311-proc [cosmic structure and timescape scenario];
    Preston a1612-PhD [backreaction and effective stress-energy tensor];
    Bolejko & Korzyński IJMPD(17)-a1612 [back-reaction].
  @ Macroscopic gravity approach: Coley et al PRL(05)gq;
    Zalaletdinov IJMPA(08)-a0801-conf;
    van den Hoogen JMP(09)-a0909;
    Wijenayake et al PRD(16)-a1604 [and available observational data sets].
  @ And Ricci flow: 
    Piotrkowska gq/95-conf;
    Buchert & Carfora CQG(02)gq;
    Carfora & Buchert in(08)-a0801;
    > s.a. riemannian geometry.
  @ Techniques: Seriu GRG(00)gq [spectral];
    Seto ApJ(00)ap [perturbative];
    Buchert & Carfora in(02)gq/01 [geometry of scaling];
    Buchert GRG(01)gq [effective equation of state];
    Behrend PhD(08)-a0812;
    Coley CQG(10)-a0908,
    a1001-proc,
    IJMPD(10)
      [in terms of scalar curvature invariants];
    Baumann et al JCAP(12)-a1004 [perturbations as an effective fluid];
    Buchert et al a1012-conf [effective 'morphon' scalar field];
    Coley et al JMP(11)-a1102 [approach based on averaging of scalars within unimodular gravity];
    Smirnov a1410
      [covariant and gauge-invariant averaging formalism for finite volumes];
    Visser a1512-MG14
      [Buchert coarse-graining and energy conditions];
    Buchert et al CQG(18)-a1805 [coordinate-independent averaging formalism];
    Heinesen et al CQG(19)-a1811;
    Deledicque a1907;
    Fanizza et al JCAP-a1911 [covariant prescriptions];
    Brunswic & Buchert a2002 [Gauss-Bonnet-Chern approach];
    Ginat a2005 [multiple-scales approach];
    > s.a. renormalization.
Types of Theories and Spacetimes
  > s.a. cosmology; LTB Models;
  modern cosmological models; general-relativistic models.
  @ In Newtonian cosmology:
    Buchert & Ehlers A&A(97)ap/95;
    Buchert ASP(96)ap/95,
    GRG(00)ap.
  @ Types of spacetimes: Coley & Pelavas PRD(06)ap,
    PRD(07)gq/06 [spherical symmetry];
    Barrow & Tsagas CQG(07)gq/06 [anisotropic].
Observational Consequences
  > s.a. cosmological expansion; acceleration
  and inhomogeneities; observational cosmology.
  * Back-reaction: The
    idea is that, to second order in perturbation theory, the first-order
    cosmological fluctuations back-react both on the large-scale background
    geometry and on the perturbations themselves.
  * Status: 2007, The question
    of whether or not these corrections are significant is still a subject of
    debate, partly due to possible ambiguities in the averaging schemes available,
    but Paranjape & Singh have shown that not all effects are gauge.
  @ Effects:
    Russ et al PRD(97) [age];
    Linder ap/98;
    Buchert & Carfora in(03)ap;
    Coley a0704 [and observational cosmology];
    Wiltshire PRL(07)-a0709 [and acceleration];
    Khosravi et al IJMPD(09)-a0709 [dark-matter-like behavior];
    Umeh et al JCAP(11)-a1011 [and expansion rate];
    Bagheri & Schwarz JCAP(14)-a1404 [and light propagation].
  @ Back-reaction: Buchert et al PRD(00)ap/99;
    Nambu PRD(02)gq;
    Brandenberger & Lam ht/04 [and cosmological constant relaxation];
    Martineau & Brandenberger PRD(05)ap;
    Behrend et al JCAP(08)-a0710,
    Li & Schwarz PRD(08)-a0710 [and FLRW expansion];
    Paranjape PRD(08);
    Gasperini et al JCAP(09)-a0901 [gauge-invariant averages];
    Anastopoulos PRD(09);
    Magni a1202-MS;
    Clifton et al PRD(12)-a1203 [exact n-body model];
    Green & Wald PRD(13)-a1304 [examples];
    Ostrowski & Roukema a1512-MG14;
    Adamek et al CQG(19)-a1706 [in simulations];
    Buchert et al CQG(18),
    CQG+(18) [and choice of foliation];
    > s.a. cosmological expansion rate.
  @ And evolution, acceleration: Seriu CQG(01)gq;
    Buchert CQG(06)gq/05 [globally static without cosmological constant],
    CQG(05) [effective equation of state];
    Gruzinov et al JCAP(06)ap [heuristic model, effects \(O(H^2l^2/c^2)\)];
    Paranjape & Singh GRG(08)-ap/06,
    PRL(08)-a0806,
    Sussman a0807 [no significant effect];
    Li et al FdP(08)-a0801-proc;
    Buchert & Carfora CQG(08)-a0803;
    Brown et al JCAP(09)-a0811;
    Coley a0812 [in terms of paths of photons];
    Räsänen a1012-proc;
    Romano & Chen JCAP(11)-a1104 [and apparent value of the cosmological constant];
    Clarkson et al RPP(11)-a1109 [growth of structure and dynamics in cosmology];
    Clarkson et al PRD(12) [observational constraints];
    Brown et al PRD(13)-a1308
      [small fractional effect on H, large fractional effect on the deceleration parameter];
    Buchert et al CQG(15)-a1505;
    > s.a. expansion rate [glocal/local discrepancy];
      acceleration.
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