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Non-linear interactions in cosmologies with energy exchange

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Authors

Barrow, John D. 

Abstract

Abstract: We investigate the case of two interacting fluids in homogeneous and isotropic cosmologies with a non-linear interaction term. The interaction term avoids the unrealistic form generally used in the literature, beginning with Tolman, in which the interaction is zero when the Hubble parameter vanishes. A variety of exact solutions for the scale factor are found and describe a range of new behaviors. We also extend the analysis of possible cosmological solutions with interacting fluids when curvature is taken into consideration. We use an example of energy exchange between radiation and scalar field to alleviate the flatness problem.

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Funder: Science and Technology Facilities Council; doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000271

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Regular Article - Theoretical Physics

Journal Title

The European Physical Journal C

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Journal ISSN

1434-6044
1434-6052

Volume Title

80

Publisher

Springer Berlin Heidelberg