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Strong Shock in the Uniformly Expanding Universe with a Spherical Void

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2021-01-28 v1

Abstract

Propagation of strong shock wave in the expanding universe is studied using approximate analytic, and exact numerical solution of self-similar equations. Both solutions have similar properties, which change qualitatively, depending on the adiabatic powers γ\gamma. In the interval 1<γ<γcr1.161<\gamma<\gamma_{cr} \sim 1.16 analytic and numeric solutions fill all the space without any voids and they are rather close to each other. At larger γ>γcr\gamma>\gamma_{cr} a pressure becomes zero at finite radius, and a spherical void appears around the origin in both solutions. All matter is collected in thin layer behind the shock wave front. The structure of this layer qualitatively depends on γ\gamma. At the inner edge of the layer the pressure is always zero, but the density on this edge is jumping from zero to infinity at γ1.4\gamma \approx 1.4 in both solutions.

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@article{arxiv.2101.11063,
  title  = {Strong Shock in the Uniformly Expanding Universe with a Spherical Void},
  author = {G. S. Bisnovatyi-Kogan and S. A. Panafidina},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2101.11063},
  year   = {2021}
}

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Keywords: cosmology, strong shock wave, self-similar solution. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1808.02112