Isotropic singularities in shear-free perfect fluid cosmologies

DOI10.1023/A:1001968015342MaRDI QIDQ1584750zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Geoffery Ericksson, S. M. Scott

Publication date 17 January 2001

Published in General Relativity and Gravitation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0108005

zbMATH Keywords

barotropic fluidcosmologysingularity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Macroscopic interaction of the gravitational field with matter (hydrodynamics, etc.) (83C55) Relativistic cosmology (83F05)

Abstract: We investigate barotropic perfect fluid cosmologies which admit an isotropic singularity. From the General Vorticity Result of Scott, it is known that these cosmologies must be irrotational. In this paper we prove, using two different methods, that if we make the additional assumption that the perfect fluid is shear-free, then the fluid flow must be geodesic. This then implies that the only shear-free, barotropic, perfect fluid cosmologies which admit an isotropic singularity are the FRW models.

Review text

The barotropic fluid cosmologies admitting an isotropic singularity have been investigated. From the General Vorticity Result (GVR) of S. M. Scott (1999) it is known that these cosmologies must be irrotational. In this work, using two different methods, it has been proved that, for shear-free perfect fluids, the fluid flow must be geodesic. This implies that the only shear-free, barotropic, perfect fluid cosmologies which admit an isotropic singularity are the FRW models.

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