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Backreaction effects of dissipation in neutrino decoupling

Astrophysics 2015-06-24 v2

Abstract

Dissipative effects during neutrino decoupling in the early universe create a small backreaction on the Hubble rate, and lead to a small rise in temperature and entropy. We use a simplified thermo-hydrodynamic model, which provides a causal approximation to kinetic theory, in order to estimate the backreaction effects and the entropy production.

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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9901211,
  title  = {Backreaction effects of dissipation in neutrino decoupling},
  author = {Roy Maartens and Josep Triginer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9901211},
  year   = {2015}
}

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Version accepted by Gen. Rel. Grav