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Bayesian analysis of bulk viscous matter dominated universe

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2018-08-29 v2

Abstract

In our previous works, we have analyzed the evolution of bulk viscous matter dominated universe with a more general form for bulk viscous coefficient, ζ=ζ0+ζ1a˙a+ζ2a¨a˙\zeta=\zeta_{0}+\zeta_{1}\frac{\dot{a}}{a}+\zeta_{2}\frac{\ddot{a}}{\dot{a}} and also carried out the dynamical system analysis. We found that the model reasonably describes the evolution of the universe if the viscous coefficient is a constant. In the present work we are contrasting this model with the standard Λ\LambdaCDM model of the universe using the Bayesian method. We have shown that, even though the viscous model gives a reasonable back ground evolution of the universe, the Bayes factor of the model indicates that, it is not so superior over the Λ\LambdaCDM model, but have a slight advantage over it.

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@article{arxiv.1803.08235,
  title  = {Bayesian analysis of bulk viscous matter dominated universe},
  author = {Athira Sasidharan and N D Jerin Mohan and Moncy V John and Titus K Mathew},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1803.08235},
  year   = {2018}
}

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15 pages, 9 figures