1996/01/22 by Luis P. Chimento, Alejandro S. Jakubi · 2 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena #gr-qc
paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/0375-9601(96)00024-2
published as Physics Letters A 212 (1996) 320 · 7 pages, LaTeX. To be published in Physics Letters A
arxiv created 1996/01/22 · openalex publication_date 1996/04/01 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
The behavior near the singularity of an isotropic, homogeneous cosmological model with a viscous fluid source is investigated. This turns out to be a relaxation dominated regime. Full extended irreversible thermodynamics is used, and comparison with results of the truncated theory is made. New singular behaviors are found and it is shown that a relaxation dominated inflationary epoch may exist for fluids with small heat capacity.