Iver Brevik

We apply the holographic principle based on the generalized infrared cut-off introduced by Nojiri-Odintsov [1, 2] for describing cosmological models of the universe induced by a viscous fluid in a spatially flat Friedmann-Lemaître-Robertson-Walker (FLRW) metric. We study the evolution of the universe in terms of the generalized equation of state (EoS) parameters. We consider the early universe, including the bounce cosmology, the inflation, and the model of the unified early and late universe. Finally, we derive the energy conservation equation from the holographic point of view in terms of generalized infrared cut-offs. As a result, we obtain an equivalent description of the bounce, inflation, unified early and late-time universe, in terms of a viscous fluid and holographic fluid.

Controlling nanoscale interactions to suppress aggregation from short-range attractive forces is a key problem in nanoengineering. Here, we demonstrate a route to modulate Casmir-Lifshitz interactions between anisotropic nanoparticles and magnetic fluids. By semiclassical quantum electrodynamics, we study ground state dispersion forces for cylindrical dielectric nanorods made of polystyrene (PS) and zinc oxide (ZnO) embedded in toluene-based host media with gold-coated magnetite nanoparticles and also predict magnetic contributions to the fully retarded excited state interaction. The variation in magnetic permeability enables tuning between repulsive and attractive interactions, and measurable magnetic Casimir traps are predicted between a pair of ZnO-PS nanoparticles whose equilibrium position can be modulated over an order of magnitude with a small variation in the size of the magnetite nanoparticle. This provides an alternative magnetic Casimir-effect pathway to reversibly tune quantum electromagnetic forces at the nanoscale for the assembly and enhancement of colloidal stability.

The cosmological application of a dark viscous fluid in a spatially flat Friedmann-Robertson-Walker (FRW) universe with a modified logarithmic equation of state (EoS), being an analogue of the equation associated with the isotropic deformation of crystalline solids, is explored. This formalism represents a class of the so-called logotropic fluids, and allows explaining an accelerating late-time universe. Our research is based on a new generalized entropy function proposed by Nojiri-Odintsov-Faraoni [1]. We consider entropic cosmology and describe the evolution of the late time universe in the presence of dark matter coupled with viscous dark energy. In order to obtain a more detailed picture of its evolution, we add in our model a coupling of the log-corrected power-law fluid with dark matter, and study various interacting forms between them. We solve the system of dynamic equations for viscous dark fluid coupled with dark matter and obtain expressions for the log-corrected power-law dark energy density, and the energy density for dark matter. The research results are presented in holographic form in terms of generalized holographic cut-offs introduced by Nojiri and Odintsov [2, 3]. In the asymptotic case an expression for the Hubble function, and the energy density for dark matter in the entropic cosmology, are obtained.

Interest on the possible future scenarios the universe could have has grew substantially with breakthroughs on late-time acceleration. Holographic dark energy (HDE) presents a very interesting approach towards addressing late-time acceleration, presenting an intriguing interface of ideas from quantum gravity and cosmology. In this work we present an extensive discussion of possible late-time scenarios, focusing on rips and similar events, in a universe with holographic dark energy. We discuss these events in the realm of the generalized Nojiri–Odintsov cutoff and also for the more primitive holographic cutoffs like Hubble, particle and event horizon cutoffs. We also discuss the validity of the generalized second law of thermodynamics and various energy conditions in these regimes. Our work points towards the idea that it is not possible to have alternatives of the big rip consistently in the simpler HDE cutoffs, and shows the flexibility of the generalized HDE cutoff as well.