Prog. Theor. Phys. Vol. 93 No. 4 (1995) pp. 839-843

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Limits on the Gobal Hubble Constant and the Age of the Universe from the Local Hubble Constant Measurement

Yasushi Suto, Tatsushi Suginohara and Yuichiro Inagaki

Department of Physics, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113

(Received December 14, 1994)

Abstract:

While the recent discovery of the Cepheid variables in the Virgo cluster galaxies puts additional support for the Hubble constant H₀ ∼80 km/sec/Mpc, a relatively lower value H₀ ∼50 km/sec/Mpc is suggested by other distance indicators based on the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect and the gravitational lens which probe the universe at higher redshifts z = (0.1 ∼1). In order to reconcile the possible discrepancy between the estimates o the Hubble constants from nearby galaxy samples and high-redshift clusters, we consider a model of a locally open universe embedded in the spatially flat universe. We find analytic expressions for the lower limit on the global Hubble constant H_G, and the upper limit on the age of the universe with a given value for the Hubble constant H_L in the local universe. We conclude that it is quite unlikely that the above difference in the estimates of the Hubble constant, if real, is explained within the framework of the gravitational instability picture.

URL : http://ptp.ipap.jp/link?PTP/93/839/
DOI : 10.1143/PTP.93.839

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