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Rip/singularity free cosmology models with bulk viscosity

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics 2015-06-04 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

In this paper we present two concrete models of non-perfect fluid with bulk viscosity to interpret the observed cosmic accelerating expansion phenomena, avoiding the introduction of exotic dark energy. The first model we inspect has a viscosity of the form ζ=ζ0+(ζ1ζ2q)H{\zeta} = {\zeta}_0 + ({\zeta}_1-{\zeta}_2q)H by taking into account of the decelerating parameter q, and the other model is of the form ζ=ζ0+ζ1H+ζ2H2{\zeta} = {\zeta}_0 + {\zeta}_1H + {\zeta}_2H^2. We give out the exact solutions of such models and further constrain them with the latest Union2 data as well as the currently observed Hubble-parameter dataset (OHD), then we discuss the fate of universe evolution in these models, which confronts neither future singularity nor little/pseudo rip. From the resulting curves by best fittings we find a much more flexible evolution processing due to the presence of viscosity while being consistent with the observational data in the region of data fitting. With the bulk viscosity considered, a more realistic universe scenario is characterized comparable with the {\Lambda}CDM model but without introducing the mysterious dark energy.

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@article{arxiv.1202.4936,
  title  = {Rip/singularity free cosmology models with bulk viscosity},
  author = {Xin-he Meng and Zhi-yuan Ma},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1202.4936},
  year   = {2015}
}

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9 pages, 6 figures, submitted to EPJ-C

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