The Stability of Relativistic Fluids in Linearly Expanding Cosmologies

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Authors David Fajman, Maximilian Ofner, Todd Andrew Oliynyk, Zoe Wyatt

Publication date 26 January 2023

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Euler equations (35Q31) PDEs in connection with relativity and gravitational theory (35Q75) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Relativistic cosmology (83F05)

Abstract: In this paper we study cosmological solutions to the Einstein--Euler equations. We first establish the future stability of nonlinear perturbations of a class of homogeneous solutions to the relativistic Euler equations on fixed linearly expanding cosmological spacetimes with a linear equation of state $p=Kho$ for the parameter values $Kin(0,1/3)$. This removes the restriction to irrotational perturbations in earlier work, and relies on a novel transformation of the fluid variables that is well-adapted to Fuchsian methods. We then apply this new transformation to show the global regularity and stability of the Milne spacetime under the coupled Einstein--Euler equations, again with a linear equation of state $p=Kho$, $Kin(0,1/3)$. Our proof requires a correction mechanism to account for the spatially curved geometry. In total, this is indicative that structure formation in cosmological fluid-filled spacetimes requires an epoch of decelerated expansion.

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