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arxiv: gr-qc/9710135 · v1 · pith:BKXQWLHAnew · submitted 1997-10-31 · 🌀 gr-qc

Inflation driven by causal heat flux

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keywords fluxheatcausalequationinflationaryapproachescounteractsdecrease
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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 the fluid approaches the equation of state $p=-\rho$.

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