Qualitative study of perfect-fluid Friedmann-Lema\^ıtre-Robertson-Walker models with a cosmological constant

preprint2011arXivOpen access

Abstract

The evolution of spatially homogeneous and isotropic cosmological models containing a perfect fluid with equation of state p=wρ and a cosmological constant Λ is investigated for arbitrary combinations of w and Λ, using standard qualitative analysis borrowed from classical mechanics. This approach allows one to consider a large variety of situations, appreciating similarities and differences between models, without solving the Friedmann equation, and is suitable for an elementary course in cosmology.

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