Published September 15, 2010 | Version v1
Journal article

Imperfect fluids, Lorentz violations, and Finsler cosmology

  • 1. Department of Mathematics, University of Athens, 15784 Greece (Greece)
  • 2. 1 Anastasiou Genadiou Street, 11474, Athens (Greece)
  • 3. Section of Astrophysics, Astronomy and Mechanics, Department of Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki 54124 (Greece)

Description

We construct a cosmological toy model based on a Finslerian structure of space-time. In particular, we are interested in a specific Finslerian Lorentz violating theory based on a curved version of Cohen and Glashow's very special relativity. The osculation of a Finslerian manifold to a Riemannian manifold leads to the limit of relativistic cosmology, for a specified observer. A modified flat Friedmann-Robertson-Walker cosmology is produced. The analogue of a zero energy particle unfolds some special properties of the dynamics. The kinematical equations of motion are affected by local anisotropies. Seeds of Lorentz violations may trigger density inhomogeneities to the cosmological fluid.

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Journal Title
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
Journal Volume
82
Journal Issue
6
Journal Page Range
p. 064035-064035.10
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDAQ

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