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Characteristic Properties of Two Different Viscous Cosmology Models for the Future Universe

Ben David Normann·Iver Brevik
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We analyze characteristic properties of two different cosmological models: (i) a one-component dark energy model where the bulk viscosity $ζ$ is associated with the fluid as a whole, and (ii) a two-component model where $ζ$ is associated with a dark matter component $ρ_{\rm m}$ only, the dark energy component considered inviscid. Shear viscosity is omitted. We assume throughout the simple equation of state $p=wρ$, with $w$ a constant. In the one-component model we consider two possibilities, either to take $ζ$ proportional to the scalar expansion (equivalent to the Hubble parameter), in which case the evolution becomes critically dependent on the value of the small constant $α=1+w$ and the magnitude of $ζ$. Second, we consider the case $ζ=~$const., where a de Sitter final stage is reached in the future. In the two-component model we consider only the case where the dark matter viscosity $ζ_{\rm m}$ is proportional to the square of $ρ_{\rm m}$, where again a de Sitter form is found in the future. In this latter case the formalism is supplemented by a phase space analysis. As a general result of our considerations we suggest that a value $ζ_0\sim 10^6~$Pa s for the present viscosity is reasonable, and that the two-component model seems to be favored.

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Ben David Normann, Iver Brevik. 2016-12-06. Characteristic Properties of Two Different Viscous Cosmology Models for the Future Universe. https://doi.org/10.1142/s0217732317500262

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