Observational Cosmology

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    NB: Appearence of $E_{ab}$ and $H_{ab}$ as geometrical parameters rather than evolved dynamical quantities.
  2. Sachs R K, A M Wolfe: Perturbations of a Cosmological Model and Angular Variations of the Microwave Background, Astroph. J. 147 (1967), 73
  3. Thorne K S: Primordial Element Formation, Primordial Magnetic Fields, and the Isotropy of the Universe, Astroph. J. 148 (1967), 51
    NB: Constrains the free parameters in LRS OSH cosmological models of Kantowski-Sachs, Type-I and Type-III on the basis of observational data consisting of number counts, CMBR anisotropy and primordial element abundances.
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  9. Bonnor W B, G F R Ellis: Observational Homogeneity of the Universe, Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc. 218 (1986), 605
    NB: Introduces the "Postulate of Uniform Thermal Histories (PUTH)".
  10. Futamase T, M Sasaki: Light Propagation and the Distance-Redshift Relation in a Realistic Inhomogeneous Universe, Phys. Rev. D 40 (1989), 2502
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  12. Stoeger SJ W R, S D Nel, R Maartens, G F R Ellis: The Fluid-Ray Formulation of Einstein's Field Equations, Class. Quantum Grav. 9 (1992), 493
  13. Stoeger SJ W R, G F R Ellis, S D Nel: Observational Cosmology: III. Exact Spherically Symmetric Dust Solutions, Class. Quantum Grav. 9 (1992), 509
    NB: Lema\^{\i}tre-Tolman-Bondi models.
  14. Stoeger SJ W R, S D Nel, G F R Ellis: Observational Cosmology: IV. Perturbed Spherically Symmetric Dust Solutions, Class. Quantum Grav. 9 (1992), 1711
    NB: FLRW-perturbations; first and second-order solutions provided.
  15. Stoeger SJ W R, S D Nel, G F R Ellis: Observational Cosmology: V. Solution of the First-Order General Perturbation Equations, Class. Quantum Grav. 9 (1992), 1725
  16. Ferrando J J, J A Morales, M Portilla: Revision of the Sachs-Wolfe Effect, Class. Quantum Grav. 10 (1993), S215
  17. Coles P, G F R Ellis: The Case for an Open Universe (Review Article), Nature 370 (1994), 609
  18. Maartens R, D R Matravers: Isotropic and Semi-Isotropic Observations in Cosmology, Class. Quantum Grav. 11 (1994), 2693
  19. Partridge R B: The Cosmic Microwave Radiation and Cosmology, Class. Quantum Grav. 11 (1994), A153
  20. Stoeger W R, G F R Ellis, C Xu: Observational Cosmology: VI. The Microwave Background and the Sachs-Wolfe Effect, Phys. Rev. D 49 (1994), 1845
  21. Swings J-P: Gravitational Lensing, Class. Quantum Grav. 11 (1994), A183
  22. Maartens R, G F R Ellis, W R Stoeger: Limits on Anisotropy and Inhomogeneity from the Cosmic Background Radiation, Phys. Rev. D 51 (1995), 1525. Also: Preprint astro-ph/9501016.
  23. Maartens R, G F R Ellis, W R Stoeger: Improved limits on Anisotropy and Inhomogeneity from the Cosmic Background Radiation, Phys. Rev. D 51 (1995), 5942
  24. Stoeger W R, R Maartens, G F R Ellis: Proving Almost-Homogeneity of the Universe: An Almost Ehlers-Geren-Sachs Theorem, Astrophys. J. 443 (1995), 1
  25. Maartens R, N P Humphreys, D R Matravers, W R Stoeger: Inhomogeneous Universes in Observational Coordinates, Class. Quantum Grav. 13 (1996), 253. Also: Preprint gr-qc/9511045.
    NB: LTB.
  26. Dunsby P K S: A Fully Covariant Description of Cosmic Microwave Background Anisotropies, Class. Quantum Grav. 14 (1997), 3391. Also: Preprint gr-qc/9707022.
    NB: Contains a few minor typos.
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    NB: Physical effects discussed depend on assumption of linear evolution of perturbations in matter and gravitational field and that their interrelation can be described by Newtonian gravitation theory.
  28. Ellis G F R, B A C C Bassett, P K S Dunsby: Lensing and Caustic Effects on Cosmological Distances, Class. Quantum Grav. 15 (1998), 2345. Also: Preprint gr-qc/9801092.
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Selected References
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