Published March 5, 2014 | Version v1
Journal article

Thermodynamic origin of interaction in the cosmological tachyonic field

  • 1. Department of Physics, University of Lucknow, Lucknow 226007 (India)

Description

We propose a model with thermodynamic origin of interaction among the components of tachyonic scalar field in the universe. The components are taken to exist in the state of non-equilibrium initially but undergoing a transition towards the equilibrium state. We show that this transition requires interaction among the components. During such transition phase, the transfer of energy among the components is governed by the second law of thermodynamics with local violation of conservation of energy for individual components. It is further shown that in our proposed mechanism the interaction itself generates an increase of entropy in an evolving universe, and thus it might indicate a possible solution to the well-known entropy problem

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/481/1/012015

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Physics. Conference Series (Online)
Journal Volume
481
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
[4 p.]
ISSN
1742-6596

Conference

Title
National conference on contemporary issues in high energy physics and cosmology
Acronym
NC-HEPC 2013
Dates
12-14 Feb 2013
Place
Guwahati (India)

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
46074055
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
ASTROPHYSICS; ENTROPY; EQUILIBRIUM; MATHEMATICAL SOLUTIONS; ORIGIN; PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS; SCALAR FIELDS; TACHYONS; THERMODYNAMICS; UNIVERSE
Descriptors DEC
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; PHYSICS; POSTULATED PARTICLES; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES