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Polytropic equation of state and primordial quantum fluctuations
We study the primordial Universe in a cosmological model where inflation is
driven by a fluid with a polytropic equation of state . We calculate the dynamics of the scalar factor and build a
Universe with constant density at the origin. We also find the equivalent
scalar field that could create such equation of state and calculate the
corresponding slow-roll parameters. We calculate the scalar perturbations, the
scalar power spectrum and the spectral index.Comment: 16 pages, 4 figure
No-horizon theorem for spacetimes with spacelike G1 isometry groups
We consider four-dimensional spacetimes which obey the
Einstein equations , and admit a global spacelike
isometry group. By means of dimensional reduction and local
analyis on the reduced (2+1) spacetime, we obtain a sufficient condition on
which guarantees that cannot contain apparent
horizons. Given any (3+1) spacetime with spacelike translational isometry, the
no-horizon condition can be readily tested without the need for dimensional
reduction. This provides thus a useful and encompassing apparent horizon test
for -symmetric spacetimes. We argue that this adds further evidence
towards the validity of the hoop conjecture, and signals possible violations of
strong cosmic censorship.Comment: 8 pages, LaTeX, uses IOP package; published in Class. Quantum Gra
Generalized Chaplygin gas with and the cosmological model
The generalized Chaplygin gas model is characterized by the equation of state
. It is generally stated that the case is equivalent to a model with cosmological constant and dust (). In this work we show that, if this is true for the background equations,
this is not true for the perturbation equations. Hence, the mass spectrum
predicted for both models may differ.Comment: Latex file, 4 pages, 2 figures in eps forma
Different faces of the phantom
The SNe type Ia data admit that the Universe today may be dominated by some
exotic matter with negative pressure violating all energy conditions. Such
exotic matter is called {\it phantom matter} due to the anomalies connected
with violation of the energy conditions. If a phantom matter dominates the
matter content of the universe, it can develop a singularity in a finite future
proper time. Here we show that, under certain conditions, the evolution of
perturbations of this matter may lead to avoidance of this future singularity
(the Big Rip). At the same time, we show that local concentrations of a phantom
field may form, among other regular configurations, black holes with
asymptotically flat static regions, separated by an event horizon from an
expanding, singularity-free, asymptotically de Sitter universe.Comment: 6 pages, presented at IRGAC 2006, Barcelona, 11-15 July 200
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