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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MODERN PHYSICS D
Volume 25, Issue 3, Pages -Publisher
WORLD SCIENTIFIC PUBL CO PTE LTD
DOI: 10.1142/S0218271816500310
Keywords
van der Waals; equation-of-state; cosmology
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- Coordenacao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior (CAPES), Brazil
- Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPq), Brazil
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We analyze the properties of a generic cosmological fluid described by the van der Waals equation-of-state. Exact solutions for the energy-density evolution are found as implicit functions of the scale factor for a flat Friedmann-Robertson-Walker (FRW) spacetime. The possible values of the free parameter in the van der Waals equation are selected a posteriori, in accordance with asymptotic behaviors that are physically relevant. The stability of the model against small perturbations is studied through the hydrodynamic perturbations of the fluid for the relevant cases. It is found that a van der Waals fluid seems appropriate to describe noneternal inflationary scenarios.
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