Advances in High Energy Physics
Volume 2016 (2016), Article ID 7404218, 5 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/7404218

Research Article

An Attempt for an Emergent Scenario with Modified Chaplygin Gas

Sourav Dutta, Sudeshna Mukerji, and Subenoy Chakraborty

Department of Mathematics, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, West Bengal 700032, India

Received 17 December 2015; Accepted 21 February 2016

Academic Editor: Ahmed Farag Ali

Copyright © 2016 Sourav Dutta et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. The publication of this article was funded by SCOAP³.

Abstract.

The present work is an attempt for emergent universe scenario with modified Chaplygin gas. The universe is chosen as spatially flat FRW space-time with modified Chaplygin gas as the only cosmic substratum. It is found that emergent scenario is possible for some specific (unrealistic) choice of the parameters in the equation of state for modified Chaplygin gas.

1. Introduction

The origin of the universe is a controversial issue in cosmology. It may start from the big bang singularity or there are proposals for nonsingular model of the universe. The inability of Einstein’s general theory of relativity at zero volume leads to the well known big bang singularity in standard cosmology. To overrule this initial discomfortable situation various cosmological scenarios have been proposed and are classified as bouncing universes or the emergent universes. Here, we will choose the second option which results from searching for singularity-free inflationary scenario in the background of classical general relativity. In a word, emergent universe is a model universe, ever existing with almost static behavior in the infinite past (gradually evolves into inflationary stage) and having no time-like singularity. Also, the modern and extended version of the original Lemaitre-Eddington universe can be identified as the emergent universe scenario.

Long back in 1967, Harrison [1] showed a model of the closed universe containing radiation, which approaches the state of an Einstein static model asymptotically (i.e., . This kind of model was again reinvestigated after a long gap by Ellis and collaborators [2, 3]. Although they were not able to obtain exact solutions, they presented closed universes with a minimally coupled scalar field having typical self-interacting potential and possibly some ordinary matter with equation of state , (), whose behavior similar to that of an emergent universe was highlighted. Then, in starobinsky model, Mukherjee et al. [4] derived solutions for flat FRW space-time having emergent character in infinite past. Subsequently, Mukherjee and associates [5] presented a general framework for an emergent universe model with an ad hoc equation of state connecting the pressure and density, having exotic nature in some cases. These models are interesting as they can be cited as specific examples of nonsingular (i.e., geometrically complete) inflationary universes. Also, it is worth mentioning here that entropy considerations favour the Einstein static model as the initial state for our universe [6, 7]. Thereafter, a series of works [8–16] have been done to formulate emergent universe in different gravity models and also for various types of matter. Very recently, emergent scenario has been formulated with some interesting physical aspects. The idea of quantum tunneling [17] has been used for the decay of a scalar field having initial static state as false vacuum to a state of true vacuum. Secondly, a model of an emergent universe has been formulated in the background of nonequilibrium thermodynamical prescription with dissipation due to particle creation mechanism [18]. Very recently, Paul and Majumdar [19] have formulated emergent universe with interacting fields. Finally, Pavon et al. [20, 21] have studied the emergent scenario from thermodynamical view point. They have examined the validity of the generalized second law of thermodynamics during the transition from a generic initial Einstein static phase to the inflationary phase and also during the transition from inflationary era to the standard radiation dominated era.

2. Chaplygin Gas and Possible Solution

Mixed exotic fluid known as modified Chaplygin gas [21] has the equation of state [22, 23]

This equation of state shows barotropic perfect fluid , at very early phase (when the scale factor is vanishingly small), while it approaches model when the scale factor is infinitely large. It shows a mixture at all stages. Note that at some intermediate stage the pressure vanishes and the matter content is equivalent to pure dust. Further, this typical model is equivalent to a self-interacting scalar field from field theoretic point of view. It should be noted that the Chaplygin gas was introduced in the context of aerodynamics. In the present paper, we will examine whether emergent scenario is possible for FRW model of the universe with matter content as modified Chaplygin gas (MCG).

For homogeneous and isotropic flat FRW model of the universe, the Einstein field equations are (choosing )

with energy conservation relation:

Using (1) in (3), one can integrate as

with , a constant of integration.

Now, using this in the first Friedmann equation in (2), one can integrate to obtain cosmic time as a function of the scale factor as

where and is the usual hypergeometric function.

3. Asymptotic Analysis and Equivalent Two Fluid Systems

We will now analyze the two asymptotic cases.

(i) When the Scale Factor “ ” Is Very Small. For small “”, can be approximated from (4) and can be approximated from (1) as follows:

(ii) When the Scale Factor “ ” Has Infinitely Large Value. Similarly, for large “”, and are approximated from (4) and (1), respectively, as follows:

Thus, in the asymptotic limits, the components of energy density and pressure can be expressed as sum of two noninteracting barotropic fluids having equation of states:

Thus, MCG can be considered in the asymptotic limits as two barotropic fluids of constant equation of state of which one is exotic in nature. However, one can consider that the two fluids in question (in the asymptotic limit) may be interacting with separate equation of state as

where and represent the interaction term.

indicates a flow of energy from fluid 2 (having energy density ) to fluid 1 (having energy density ) and similarly for also. Further, one can rewrite the conservation equations (9) as

with

The above conservation equations show that the fluids may be considered as noninteracting at the cost of variable equation of state.

4. Emergent Scenario and Thermodynamical Analysis

One should note that in integrating (3) to have (4) we assume that . Now, we will discuss the situation when .

The expression for energy density now becomes

which from the first Friedmann equation gives

From the solutions (5) and (13), we see (Figures 1 and 2) that as , so it is not possible to have emergent scenario with the usual modified Chaplygin gas. However, if we choose , then and we have from solution (13) as (see Figure 3). Hence, it is possible to have emergent scenario with this revised form of MCG.

Figure 1: The Figure represents the scale factor against for .

Figure 2: The Figure shows the graphical representation of the scale factor against for .

Figure 3: The Figure shows the graphical representation of the scale factor against for .

We will now discuss the thermodynamics of the emergent scenario with this revised form of MCG as the cosmic substratum.

Assuming the validity of the first law of thermodynamics at the horizon (having area radius ), we have the Clausius relation:

where is the temperature of the horizon and is the entropy of the horizon. In the above, is the amount of energy crossing the horizon during time and is given by [24–26]

So, using (15) in (14), we have the rate of change of the horizon entropy as

To obtain the entropy of the inside fluid, we start with the Gibbs equation [26, 27]

where is the entropy of the fluid bounded by the horizon and is the energy of the matter distribution. Here, for thermodynamical equilibrium, the temperature of the fluid is taken as that of the horizon, that is, .

Now, using , , and the Friedmann equations, the entropy variation of the fluid is given by

Thus, combining (16) and (18), the variation of the total entropy is given by

Case 1 (apparent horizon). The area radius for apparent horizon is given by

so that

Hence,

Thus, generalised second law of thermodynamics (GSLT) is always true at the apparent horizon.

Case 2 (event horizon). The area radius for event horizon is given by

The above improper integral converges for accelerating phase of the FRW model. Hence, in the present scenario, it is very much relevant. From the above definition

so from (19)

Hence, the validity of GSLT is possible if (as ). In the above, temperature is chosen as the hawking temperature on the horizon as [28, 29]

Additional Points

In the present work, we have examined the cosmology of the emergent scenario for modified Chaplygin gas as the cosmic fluid. It is found that for both the solutions (with and ) the model does not exhibit emergent scenario at early epochs. So, one can conclude that it is not possible to have emergent scenario with MCG. However, if is chosen to be negative, that is, , then as ; that is, initial big bang singularity is avoided.

Finally, thermodynamical analysis of the emergent scenario has been presented.

Competing Interests

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

Acknowledgments

Subenoy Chakraborty thanks Inter-University Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), Pune, India, for their warm hospitality as a part of the work was done during a visit. Also Subenoy Chakraborty thanks UGC-DRS programme at the Department of Mathematics, Jadavpur University. Sourav Dutta thanks the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India, for awarding Inspire research fellowship.

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