Age problem in Lemaître-Tolman-Bondi void models

As is well known, one can explain the current cosmic acceleration by considering an inhomogeneous and/or anisotropic universe (which violates the cosmological principle), without invoking dark energy or modified gravity. The well-known one of this kind of models is the so-called Lemaître-Tolman-Bondi (LTB) void model, in which the universe is spherically symmetric and radially inhomogeneous, and we are living in a locally underdense void centered nearby our location. In the present work, we test various LTB void models with some old high redshift objects (OHROs). Obviously, the universe cannot be younger than its constituents. We find that an unusually large r₀ (characterizing the size of the void) is required to accommodate these OHROs in LTB void models. There is a serious tension between this unusually large r₀ and the much smaller r₀ inferred from other observations (e.g. SNIa, CMB and so on). However, if we instead consider the lowest limit 1.7 Gyr for the quasar APM 08279+5255 at redshift z=3.91, this tension could be greatly alleviated.