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Why CBR and Comoving coordinates are not absolute reference frames?

Physics Asked by Alchimista on January 11, 2021

Let us say that we know the Hubble parameter now. Why cannot Cosmic Background Radiation and/or the Comoving 3D frame be taken as absolute reference frames (at least far enough from massive bodies, if this is relevant)?

In such frames and continuously correcting via the scale factor, objects to which no force is applied are at rest. This seems to me an absolute inertial reference frame big at least as the observable universe.

Please try to explain me what I do wrong with this reasoning taking into account that my technical knowledge of GR is basically zero.

Edit: for instance who is travelling between the twins of the paradox will be the one changing comoving coordinates. He does so by firing rockets but the same could be deduced on purely kinematic bases.

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I think I could self answer as far CBR is concerned. We move with respect to CBR by virtue of space expansion. Any other, such having a proper speed, does not modify our distance to CBR which is ubiquitous.

My question is still open concerning comoving coordinate, which seems to me a grid that in principle extends beyond the observable universe.

Answered by Alchimista on January 11, 2021

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