The Local Universe is the most detail studied part of the observable region of space with the radius R about 100 Mpc. There are two empirical fundamental cosmological laws directly established from observations in the Local Universe independently from cosmological theory: first, the Hubble-Humason-Sandage linear redshift-distance law and second, Carpenter- Karachentsev-deVaucouleurs density-radius power-law. Review of modern state of these empirical laws and their cosmological significance is given. Possible theoretical interpretations of the surprising coexistence of both laws at the spatial scales from 1 Mpc to 100 Mpc are discussed. Comparison of the standard space-expansion explanation of the cosmological redshift with possible global gravitational redshift model is given.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProc. Conf. "Cosmology on Small Scales 2016", Michal Krizek and Yurii Dumin (Eds.), Institute of Mathematics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague
Pages9-22
StatePublished - 2016
Externally publishedYes

    Research areas

  • Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics, General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

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