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We present a discussion of the effects induced by bulk viscosity on the very early Universe stability. The viscosity coefficient is assumed to be related to the energy density $\rho$ via a power-law of the form $\zeta=\zeta_0 \rho^s$ (where…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-03-24 Nakia Carlevaro , Giovanni Montani

We present a discussion of the effects induced by bulk viscosity either on the very early Universe stability and on the dynamics associated to the extreme gravitational collapse of a gas cloud. In both cases the viscosity coefficient is…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-03-24 Nakia Carlevaro , Giovanni Montani

We analyze the dynamical behavior of a quasi-isotropic Universe in the presence of a cosmological fluid endowed with bulk viscosity. We express the viscosity coefficient as a power-law of the fluid energy density:…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-03-24 Nakia Carlevaro , Giovanni Montani

In this talk, we discuss one of the dissipative processes which likely take place in the Early Universe. We assume that the matter filling the isotropic and homogeneous background is to be described by a relativistic viscous fluid…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-10-03 A. Tawfik , T. Harko , H. Mansour , M. Wahba

The effect of bulk viscisity on the evolution of the homogeneous and isotropic cosmological models is considered. Solutions are found, with a barotropic equation of state, and a viscosity coefficient that is proportional to a power of the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Pimentel L O , Diaz-Rivera L M

We discuss influences of bulk viscosity on the Early Universe, which is modeled by Friedmann-Robertson-Walker metric and Einstein field equations. We assume that the matter filling the isotropic and homogeneous background is relativistic…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-12-02 A. Tawfik , H. Mansour , M. Wahba

This work explores the influence of viscous fluids on cosmological dynamics within the framework of General Relativity. We introduce a novel time-dependent parametrization for the bulk viscosity coefficient, given by \(\zeta = \zeta_0 (t -…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-04-30 Rajdeep Mazumdar , Mrinnoy M. Gohain , Kalyan Bhuyan

In this work, we have studied how incorporating viscous fluids leads to exact bounce cosmological solutions in general relativity (GR) framework. Specifically, we propose a novel parameterization of bulk viscosity coefficient of the form…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-07-23 Rajdeep Mazumdar , Mrinnoy M. Gohain , Kalyan Bhuyan

The phantom dark energy remarkably boosts our prehension of the accelerating Universe. Various models are widely discussed in the phantom Universe without bulk viscosity. From the hydrodynamics' point of view, it is natural to introduce the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-06-11 Ji-Yao Wang , Chao-Jun Feng , Xiang-Hua Zhai , Xin-Zhou Li

The research on relativistic universe models with viscous fluids is reviewed. Viscosity may have been of significance during the early inflationary era, and may also be of importance for the late time evolution of the Universe. Bulk…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-10-01 Iver Brevik , Øyvind Grøn

The behaviour of solutions to the Einstein equations with a causal viscous fluid source is investigated. In this model we consider a spatially flat Robertson-Walker metric, the bulk viscosity coefficient is related to the energy density as…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2012-08-09 Luis P. Chimento , Alejandro S. Jakubi

The evolution of a flat, isotropic and homogeneous universe is studied. The background geometry in the early phases of the universe is conjectured to be filled with causal bulk viscous cosmological fluid and dark energy. The energy density…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2012-04-23 A. Tawfik

We consider a cosmological model dominated by bulk viscous matter with total bulk viscosity coefficient proportional to the velocity and acceleration of the expansion of the universe in such a way that…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-04-28 Athira Sasidharan , Titus K. Mathew

Bulk viscosity, which characterizes the irreversible dissipative resistance of a fluid to volume changes, has been proposed as a potential mechanism for explaining both early- and late-time accelerated expansion of the Universe. In this…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-12-18 P. P. Avelino , A. R. Gomes , D. A. Tamayo

From a hydrodynamicist's point of view the inclusion of viscosity concepts in the macroscopic theory of the cosmic fluid would appear most natural, as an ideal fluid is after all an abstraction (excluding special cases such as…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-10-30 Iver Brevik , Øyvind Grøn , Jaume de Haro , Sergei D. Odintsov , Emmanuel N. Saridakis

We present a simple (microscopic) model in which bulk viscosity plays a role in explaining the present acceleration of the universe. The effect of bulk viscosity on the Friedmann equations is to turn the pressure into an "effective"…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-09-23 Jean-Sebastien Gagnon , Julien Lesgourgues

In a homogeneous and isotropic universe bulk viscosity is the unique viscous effect capable to modify the background dynamics. Effects like shear viscosity or heat conduction can only change the evolution of the perturbations. The existence…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-12-17 Hermano Velten , Jiaxin Wang , Xinhe Meng

We explore the viability of a bulk viscous matter-dominated Universe to explain the present accelerated expansion of the Universe. The model is composed by a pressureless fluid with bulk viscosity of the form \zeta = \zeta_0 + \zeta_1 * H…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-10-25 Arturo Avelino , Ulises Nucamendi

We consider a Friedmann model of the universe with bulk viscous matter and radiation as the cosmic components. We study the asymptotic properties in the equivalent phase space by considering the three cases for the bulk viscous coefficient…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-05-13 Athira Sasidharan , Titus K Mathew

The intention of this paper is mainly two-fold. \textit{First}, we point out a striking numerical agreement between the bulk viscosity in the lepton era calculated by Husdal (2016) and our own calculations of the present-day bulk viscosity…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-07-08 Iver Brevik , Ben David Normann
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