Type V singularities with inhomogeneous equations of state

Interest in cosmological singularities has remarkably grown in recent times, particularly on future singularities with the discovery of late-time acceleration of the universe and dark energy. Recent work has seen a proper classification of such singularities into strong and weak based on their strength, with weak singularities being the likes of sudden, w and big freeze singularities and strong singularities like the big rip. This has led to a classification of such singularities in various types like Big rip is Type 1, w-singularity is type V etc. While singularities of type I-type IV have been discussed vividly by taking into account inhomogeneous equations of state (EOS), the same has not been attempted for type V singularities. So in this work we have discussed in detail about the formation of type V singularities in various cosmologies after considering inhomogeneous equations of state. We consider two inhomogeneous forms of the EOS in the context of four different cosmological backgrounds; standard general relativistic cosmology, an asymptotically safe cosmology, a cosmology inspired by modified area-entropy relations, generalized uncertainty principles, holographic renormalization and Chern-Simons gravity (all of which can be coincidentally described by the same form of the modified Friedmann equation) and an f(R) gravity cosmology. We show in detail that one sees some very big differences in the occurrence conditions of type V singularities when one makes such considerations. In the particular case of the f(R) gravity cosmology, we see that the type V singularities get completely removed. This work goes to show that the creation and formation of type V singularities is influenced most strongly by the form of the equation of state that one considers, way more so than what background cosmology one chooses.(c) 2022 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Funded by SCOAP3.

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Interest in cosmological singularities has grown with the discovery of late-time acceleration of the universe and dark energy. Recent work classified singularities into strong and weak types, and discussed the formation conditions of type V singularities in different cosmologies.