Paper 1, Section I, C
Part II, 2017
In a homogeneous and isotropic universe, describe the relative displacement of two galaxies in terms of a scale factor . Show how the relative velocity of these galaxies is given by the relation , where you should specify in terms of .
From special relativity, the Doppler shift of light emitted by a particle moving away radially with speed can be approximated by
where is the wavelength of emitted light and is the observed wavelength. For the observed light from distant galaxies in a homogeneous and isotropic expanding universe, show that the redshift defined by is given by
where is the time of emission and is the observation time.