2013/04/11 by George F R Ellis, Rituparno Goswami
Physics and Astronomy · #astro-ph.CO #gr-qc
paper · pdf · doi:10.1007/s10714-013-1568-z
Conference proceeding for ERE 2012, submitted to GRG for ERE2012 special issue, based on arXiv:1005.1809, arXiv:1101.4520 and arXiv:1202.0240
arxiv created 2013/04/11 · arxiv updated 2015/06/15
The relation between the expanding universe and local vacuum solutions, such as that for the Solar System, is crucially mediated by Birkhoff's theorem. Here we consider how that relation works, and give generalizations of Birkhoff's theorem when there are geometric and matter and perturbations. The issue of to what degree dark matter might influence the solar system emerges as a significant question.