2 papers
physics.geo-ph2026
Laboratory rivers extremize friction and are cosmological analogues
Valerio Faraoni, Nikki Veilleux
In the shallow water approximation, the cross-sectional profiles of laboratory rivers satisfy a differential equation here shown to be formally the Friedmann equation of cosmology…
gr-qc2025
The thermal view of singularity-free scalar-tensor spacetimes
Valerio Faraoni, Nikki Veilleux
The two-parameter inhomogeneous and time-dependent Pimentel solution of Brans-Dicke theory is analyzed to probe and extend the new thermal view in which General Relativity is the z…