On the Role of Viscosity in Early Cosmology

dc.creatorCarlevaro, Nakia
dc.creatorMontani, Giovanni
dc.date2008-01-22
dc.date2008-04-24
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T12:55:01Z
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dc.descriptionWe present a discussion of the effects induced by bulk viscosity on the very early Universe stability. The viscosity coefficient is assumed to be related to the energy density $ρ$ via a power-law of the form $ζ=ζ_0 ρ^s$ (where $ζ_0, s=const.$) and the behavior of the density contrast in analyzed. In particular, we study both Einstein and hydrodynamic equations up to first and second order in time in the so-called quasi-isotropic collapsing picture near the cosmological singularity. As a result, we get a power-law solution existing only in correspondence to a restricted domain of $ζ_0$. The particular case of pure isotropic FRW dynamics is then analyzed and we show how the asymptotic approach to the initial singularity admits an unstable collapsing picture.
dc.description4 pages, no figure
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0801.3368
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0801.3368
dc.identifierInt. J. Mod. Phys. A 23, 1248-1252 (2008)
dc.identifierdoi:10.1142/S0217751X08040160
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/224137
dc.subjectGeneral Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleOn the Role of Viscosity in Early Cosmology
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