Inflation in a Flat Universe

Authors : Koray KARACA, Selçuk BAYIN

Pages : 19-28

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Publication Date : 0000-00-00

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :We started the evolution of a flat universe from a nonsingular state called prematter which is governed by an inflationary equation of state P=insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(g -1);r , where g represents the initial vacuum dominance of the universe. The evolution of the universe-except in the prematter era-is affected neither by the initial vacuum dominance nor by the initial expansion rate of the universe. On the other hand, present properties of the universe, such as the Hubble constant, age and density, are sensitive to the value of the temperature at the decoupling insert ignore into journalissuearticles values( Tm); . Over a range between 3\cdot 104and 5\cdot 104 K for Tm, our model predicts a value between 50 and 80 Km\cdot s-1\cdot Mpc-1 for the present value of the Hubble constant insert ignore into journalissuearticles values( H0); . Assuming that the thermal history of the universe is independent from its geometry, the above range could be considered as a transition range for the decoupling temperature Tm.
Keywords : Turk J Phys, 27, 2003, 19 28 Turk J Phys, vol 27, iss 1