Hubble Parameter in Bulk Viscous Cosmology

Abstract

We discuss influences of bulk viscosity on the Early Universe, which is modeled by Friedmann-Robertson-Walker metric and Einstein field equations. We assume that the matter filling the isotropic and homogeneous background is relativistic viscous characterized by ultra-relativistic equations of state deduced from recent lattice QCD simulations. We obtain a set of complicated differential equations, for which we suggest approximate solutions for Hubble parameter $H$. We find that finite viscosity in Eckart and Israel-Stewart fluids would significantly modify our picture about the Early Universe.

4 pages, 2 eps figure, Talk given at 12th Marcel Grossmann Meeting on "General Relativity", Paris-France, 12-18 July 2009