Entropy in universes evolving from initial to final de Sitter eras. Issue Volume 10:Issue S306(2014) (1st July 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Mimoso, José P.; Pavón, Diego
• Editors: Heavens, A. F.; Starck, J.-L.; Krone-Martins, A.
• Is Part Of: Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union. Volume 10:Issue S306(2014)
• Page Start: 388
• Page End: 390
• Publication Date: 2015-07-01
• Subjects: equation of state, -- cosmology: theory, -- miscellaneous; Astronomy -- Congresses; Astronomy -- Periodicals; 520
• DOI: 10.1017/S1743921314010941
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1743-9213

Abstract

Abstract: This work studies the behavior of entropy in recent cosmological models that start with an initial de Sitter expansion phase, go through the conventional radiation and matter dominated eras to be followed by a final de Sitter epoch. In spite of their seemingly similarities (observationally they are close to the Λ-CDM model), different models deeply differ in their physics. The second law of thermodynamics encapsulates the underlying microscopic, statistical description, and hence we investigate it in the present work. Our study reveals that the entropy of the apparent horizon plus that of matter and radiation inside it, increases and is a concave function of the scale factor. Thus thermodynamic equilibrium is approached in the last de Sitter era, and this class of models is thermodynamically correct. Cosmological models that do not approach equilibrium appear in conflict with the second law of thermodynamics. (Based on Mimoso & Pavon2013 )