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Apparent Magnitudes in an Inhomogeneous Universe: The Global Viewpoint

2001/06/28 by Hamish G. Rose
Physics and Astronomy · #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena #Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research #astro-ph #gr-qc

paper · pdf · doi:10.1086/324311

published as Astrophys.J. 560 (2001) L15-L18 · 2 pages, Latex, with aastex and emulateapj5

arxiv created 2001/06/28 · openalex publication_date 2001/10/10 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/31

Abstract

Apparent magnitudes are important for high-precision cosmology. It is generally accepted that weak gravitational lensing does not affect the relationship between apparent magnitude and redshift. By considering metric perturbations, it is shown that objects observed in an inhomogeneous universe have, on average, higher apparent magnitudes than those observed at the same redshift in a homogeneous universe.

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