Introduction to Cosmology Ryden · Problem 6.9

Measuring Cosmological Parameters

Physics — Astrophysics · benchmark-model-acceleration-transition

Problem

In the Benchmark Model, at what scale factor aa did a¨=0\ddot{a} = 0? [This represents the moment when expansion switched from slowing down (a¨<0\ddot{a} < 0) to speeding up (a¨>0\ddot{a} > 0).] Is this scale factor larger or smaller than the scale factor amΛa_{m\Lambda} at which the energy density of matter equaled the energy density of the cosmological constant?

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