A critical threshold for the cosmological Euler-Poisson system
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| author | Fajman, David Maliborski, Maciej Ofner, Maximilian Oliynyk, Todd Wyatt, Zoe |
| author_facet | Fajman, David Maliborski, Maciej Ofner, Maximilian Oliynyk, Todd Wyatt, Zoe |
| contents | We consider the gravitational Euler-Poisson system with a linear equation of state on an expanding cosmological model of the Universe. The expansion of the spatial sections introduces an additional dissipating effect in the Euler equation. We prescribe the expansion rate of space by a scale factor $a(t)=t^α$ with $α\in(0,1)$, which describes the growth of length scales over time. This model is regularly applied in cosmology to study classical fluids in an expanding Universe. We study the behaviour of solutions to this system arising from small, near-homogeneous initial data and discover a \emph{critical} change of behaviour near the expansion rate $α=2/3$, which corresponds to the matter-dominated regime in cosmology. In particular, we prove that for $α>2/3$ the fluid variables are global in time and remain small provided they are sufficiently small in a suitable norm initially. In the complementary regime $α\leq2/3$, we present numerical evidence for shock formation of solutions to the Euler equation for arbitrarily small initial data. In combination, this establishes the existence of a critical stability threshold for barotropic fluids in expanding domains. In contrast to our previous work on the corresponding relativistic system, the threshold in the classical system considered here is independent of the speed of sound of the fluid. This establishes that fluids in cosmology behave fundamentally different in the non-relativistic regime than in the relativistic one. |
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| spellingShingle | A critical threshold for the cosmological Euler-Poisson system Fajman, David Maliborski, Maciej Ofner, Maximilian Oliynyk, Todd Wyatt, Zoe Analysis of PDEs General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology Mathematical Physics 35Q31, 35Q75 We consider the gravitational Euler-Poisson system with a linear equation of state on an expanding cosmological model of the Universe. The expansion of the spatial sections introduces an additional dissipating effect in the Euler equation. We prescribe the expansion rate of space by a scale factor $a(t)=t^α$ with $α\in(0,1)$, which describes the growth of length scales over time. This model is regularly applied in cosmology to study classical fluids in an expanding Universe. We study the behaviour of solutions to this system arising from small, near-homogeneous initial data and discover a \emph{critical} change of behaviour near the expansion rate $α=2/3$, which corresponds to the matter-dominated regime in cosmology. In particular, we prove that for $α>2/3$ the fluid variables are global in time and remain small provided they are sufficiently small in a suitable norm initially. In the complementary regime $α\leq2/3$, we present numerical evidence for shock formation of solutions to the Euler equation for arbitrarily small initial data. In combination, this establishes the existence of a critical stability threshold for barotropic fluids in expanding domains. In contrast to our previous work on the corresponding relativistic system, the threshold in the classical system considered here is independent of the speed of sound of the fluid. This establishes that fluids in cosmology behave fundamentally different in the non-relativistic regime than in the relativistic one. |
| title | A critical threshold for the cosmological Euler-Poisson system |
| topic | Analysis of PDEs General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology Mathematical Physics 35Q31, 35Q75 |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.19454 |