Non-linear interactions in cosmologies with energy exchange

  • John D. Barrow
  • , Georgia Kittou*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

We investigate the case of two interacting fluids in homogeneous and isotropic cosmologies with a non-linear interaction term. The interaction term avoids the unrealistic form generally used in the literature, beginning with Tolman, in which the interaction is zero when the Hubble parameter vanishes. A variety of exact solutions for the scale factor are found and describe a range of new behaviors. We also extend the analysis of possible cosmological solutions with interacting fluids when curvature is taken into consideration. We use an example of energy exchange between radiation and scalar field to alleviate the flatness problem.

Original languageEnglish
Article number120
JournalEuropean Physical Journal C
Volume80
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Feb 2020
Externally publishedYes

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