Kinetic theory for particle production
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- 1 March 1996
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Classical and Quantum Gravity
- Vol. 13 (3) , 403-416
Abstract
Recently, the phenomenological description of cosmological particle production processes in terms of effective viscous pressures has attracted some attention. Using a simple creation rate model we discuss the question to what extent this approach is compatible with the kinetic theory of a relativistic gas. We find the effective viscous pressure approach to be consistent with this model for homogeneous spacetimes but not for inhomogeneous ones.Keywords
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