Exact non-equilibrium solutions of the Einstein - Boltzmann equations. II

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/14/2/026MaRDI QIDQ3130090zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors F. P. Wolvaardt, Roy Maartens

Publication date 24 September 1997

Published in Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9611041

zbMATH Keywords

bulk viscosityheat fluxWeyl curvature hypothesisshear viscositycollision-dominated equilibriumcollision-free equilibriumexact solutions of the Einstein-Boltzmann equations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Exact solutions to problems in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C15) Relativistic cosmology (83F05) PDEs in connection with relativity and gravitational theory (35Q75)

Abstract: We find exact solutions of the Einstein-Boltzmann equations with relaxational collision term in FRW and Bianchi I spacetimes. The kinematic and thermodynamic properties of the solutions are investigated. We give an exact expression for the bulk viscous pressure of an FRW distribution that relaxes towards collision-dominated equilibrium. If the relaxation is toward collision-free equilibrium, the bulk viscosity vanishes - but there is still entropy production. The Bianchi I solutions have zero heat flux and bulk viscosity, but nonzero shear viscosity. The solutions are used to construct a realisation of the Weyl Curvature Hypothesis.

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