Inflation driven by causal heat flux

R. Maartens; M. Govender; S. D. Maharaj

doi:10.1023/A:1026678019497

Inflation driven by causal heat flux

R. Maartens, M. Govender, S. D. Maharaj

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Abstract

We find a simple inflationary solution in an inhomogeneous spacetime with heat flux. The heat flux obeys a causal transport equation, and counteracts the inflationary decrease of energy density. At late times, the heat flux tends to zero and thefluid approaches the equation of state p =–ρ.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	815-819
Journal	General Relativity and Gravitation
Volume	31
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1026678019497
Publication status	Published - Jun 1999

Keywords

cosmology
inflation
nonequilibrium thermodynamics

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Inflation driven by causal heat flux

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