Gravitational entropy of cosmic expansion
Abstract
We apply a recent proposal to define ``gravitational entropy'' to the expansion of cosmic voids within the framework of non-perturbative General Relativity. By considering CDM void configurations compatible with basic observational constraints, we show that this entropy grows from post-inflationary conditions towards a final asymptotic value in a late time fully non-linear regime described by the Lemaître- Tolman-Bondi (LTB) dust models. A qualitatively analogous behavior occurs if we assume a positive cosmological constant consistent with a Λ-CDM background model. However, the Λ term introduces a significant suppression of entropy growth with the terminal equilibrium value reached at a much faster rate.
- Publication:
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Astronomische Nachrichten
- Pub Date:
- September 2014
- DOI:
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1408.3109
- Bibcode:
- 2014AN....335..587S
- Keywords:
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- Theoretical Cosmology;
- Gravitational Entropy;
- Non-Linear Perturbations;
- General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology;
- Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- 5 Pages, 2 figures, AN style. Contribution to Proceedings of the Second Caribbean Symposium on Nuclear and Astroparticle Physics (STARS 2013), La Habana, Cuba, 5-9 May 2013