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Luminosity distance in a FRW Universe

In the following presentation: https://www.slac.stanford.edu/econf/C0307282/lec_notes/pinto/pinto.pdf we have the relation for the luminosity distance in a FRW universe: \begin{aligned} D_L & =\...
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How can a time-like trajectory be calculated using the Friedmann-Robertson-Walker metric?

Using the following FRW metric, $$ds^2=-c^2dt^2+R^2(t)(d\chi^2+f(\chi)d\Omega)$$ and considering $d\Omega=0$ from now on, it is clear that for a light-like trajectory, the equation must read $ds^2=0$ ...
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