2.13: S15 Pressure and Energy Density Evolution SOLUTIONS
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Exercise 15.1.1
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The equation is
adρda=−3(P/c2+ρ)
Plugging in ρ∝an we get nρ=−3(P/c2+ρ). Solving for P for n=−3,−4,0 we find P=0, P=ρc2/3, and P=−ρc2 respectively.
Exercise 15.2.1
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We have H2=8πGρ/3−k/a2, Ωi≡ρi,0/ρc, and the critical density today, ρc defined indirectly via H20=8πGρc/3. Recall that ρ in the Friedmann equation is the total density so ρ=Σiρi.
Let's take the Friedmann equation, evaluated today (so H20=8πGρ0/3−k and divide each term by either H20 or 8πGρc/3. We can divide by either because they are equal. We get
1=Σiρi,0/ρc−k/H20=ΣiΩi+Ωk
if we also use the given definition of Ωk≡−k/H20.