ISSN:
1089-7658
Source:
AIP Digital Archive
Topics:
Mathematics
,
Physics
Notes:
The disappearance of the cosmological constant can be formally treated by means of similarity solutions of general relativity that evolve from a stage with conformal symmetry to a stage with homothetic symmetry. In this work it is assumed that in this transition the universe does not "lose its memory'' completely, but it does "remember'' some of its past characteristics. Specifically, it is assumed that the equation of state remains the same in both stages. Then, the most general, spherically symmetric, cosmological model compatible with this assumption is developed. It is shown that it can be used to describe, classically, the birth, near the center of a spherical domain (a "bubble'') of positive density and pressure from an early universe with particle production. As a consequence of the difference of pressures, the bubble grows in size and mass and evolves into a present-day FLRW universe with p=nρ. The model, therefore, is of relevance to the description of phase changes typical of inflationary universe models.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.529416
Permalink