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About inserting function in front of scale factor after solving it from Friedmann equation without cosmological constant

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This is just an idea to improve Friedmann equation without cosmological constant. Instead adding a constant to the left sides of the Friedmann equations (or adding cosmological constant into Einstein's field equation) , the scale factor is multiplied by a function L(t) AFTER it is first solved from the Friedmann's first equation without lambda.

$$ (\frac{\dot{a}}{a})^2 = \frac{8 \pi G}{3}(\frac{\rho_{m,0}}{a^3}+\frac{\rho_{r,0}}{a^4}) $$

$$ a_{r}= a \cdot L(t) $$

$$ L(t_0) = 1 $$

$$ a(t_0) = 1 $$

,where the new scale factor a_r is the real,observed scale factor. The function L(t) is unknown but may be exponential, assuming that whatever the phenomenon is responsible of the function L – it is proportionally same in every infinitesimal time interval:

$$ L(t) = e^{k(t-t_0)} $$

$$ L(t_0) = 1 $$

,where k is a constant.

The actual phenomenon that causes equation 2 and function L(t) is unknown. Why it is added in front of scale factor after solving it - It is something that happens to space in every moment ”in all cases” - hence scale factor can be multiplied by L(t)

Some mathematics:

$$ \dot{a_{r}} = \dot{a} \cdot L + a \cdot \dot{L} $$

$$ \frac{\dot{a_{r}}}{a_r} = \frac{\dot{a}}{a} + \frac{\dot{L}}{L} $$


Keeping L exponential the Hubble parameter becomes:

$$ H_{r}(t) = \frac{\dot{a_{r}}}{a_r} = \frac{\dot{a}}{a} + k = H(t) + k $$


The following may not be useful - combining the first and the second equation the combined Friedmann's first equation becomes

$$ (\frac{\dot{a_{r}}}{a_r} - \frac{\dot{L}}{L})^2 = \frac{8 \pi G}{3}[\frac{\rho_{r,0}}{a_{r}^4}L^{4} + \frac{\rho_{m,0}}{a_{r}^3}L^{3}] $$


But it is more convenient to write it in form of two equations:

$$ (\frac{\dot{a}}{a})^2 = \frac{8 \pi G}{3}(\frac{\rho_{m,0}}{a^3}+\frac{\rho_{r,0}}{a^4}) $$

$$ a_{r}= a \cdot L(t) $$

$$ L(t) = e^{k(t-t_0)} $$

$$ L(t_0) = 1 $$

$$ a(t_0) = 1 $$


I could solve this numerically and plot it and compare it to the solution of Lambda-CDM model or even to observations (measured values for scale factor a). I could also try to find best fit function L(t). But i am not very familiar with python plotting. I ddn't find the data either. If i was, i probably wouldn't write here.

The essential problem is of course that is there any phenomenon that could cause this function L(t) ?

Edited by caracal
mistake in formula

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