The van der Waals fluid and its role in cosmology

DOI10.1142/S0218271816500310zbMATH Open1336.83022arXiv1601.05337MaRDI QIDQ2806273FDOQ2806273

Authors: Rudinei C. S. Jantsch, Marcus H. B. Christmann, Gilberto M. Kremer 

Publication date: 17 May 2016

Published in: International Journal of Modern Physics D (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We analyze the properties of a generic cosmological fluid described by the van der Waals equation of state. Exact solutions for the energy density evolution are found as implicit functions of the scale factor for a flat Friedmann-Robertson-Walker space-time. The possible values of the free parameter in the van der Waals equation are selected emph{a posteriori}, in accordance with asymptotic behaviors that are physically relevant. The stability of the model against small perturbations is studied through the hydrodynamic perturbations of the fluid for the relevant cases. It is found that a van der Waals fluid seems appropriate to describe non-eternal inflationary scenarios.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1601.05337

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zbMATH Keywords

cosmologyequation-of-statevan der Waals

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Macroscopic interaction of the gravitational field with matter (hydrodynamics, etc.) (83C55) Relativistic cosmology (83F05) Quantum hydrodynamics and relativistic hydrodynamics (76Y05)

Cites Work

• Physical Foundations of Cosmology

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