VISCOUS FRW COSMOLOGY IN MODIFIED GRAVITY

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DOI10.1142/S0218271805007450zbMATH Open1089.83021arXivgr-qc/0508038OpenAlexW2137854015MaRDI QIDQ3368618FDOQ3368618


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Publication date: 31 January 2006

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

Abstract: We discuss a modified form of gravity implying that the action contains a power alpha of the scalar curvature. Coupling with the cosmic fluid is assumed. As equation of state for the fluid, we take the simplest version where the pressure is proportional to the density. Based upon a natural ansatz for the time variation of the scale factor, we show that the equations of motion are satisfied for general alpha. Also the condition of conservation of energy and momentum is satisfied. Moreover, we investigate the case where the fluid is allowed to possess a bulk viscosity, and find the noteworthy fact that consistency of the formalism requires the bulk viscosity to be proportional to the power (2alpha -1) of the scalar expansion. In Einstein's gravity, where alpha=1, this means that the bulk viscosity is proportional to the scalar expansion. This mathematical result is of physical interest; as discussed recently by the present authors, there exists in principle a viscosity-driven transition of the fluid from the quintessence region into the phantom region, implying a future Big Rip singularity.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0508038




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