Saho KK
Saho KK
Saho KK
DOI:10.5506/APhysPolBSupp.10.369
1. Introduction
The nature of the dark energy (DE), a component of the Universe [1–3],
remains one of the greatest mysteries of cosmology. There are many candi-
dates for DE such as: cosmological constant, quintessence [4], k-essence [5],
phantom energy [6] etc. Modified or alternative theories of gravity are the
second proposal to justify the current expansion of the Universe. The re-
cently developed f (R, T ) theory of gravity is one such example.
In this work, we use WDF as a candidate for DE. This model is in the
spirit of generalized Chaplygin gas (GCG), where a physically motivated
EOS is offered with the properties relevant for DE problem. The EOS for
WDF [7] is
pWDF = ω(ρWDF − ρ∗ ) . (1)
This EOS is a good approximation for many fluids, including water, in which
the internal attraction of molecules makes negative pressure. The param-
eters ω and ρ∗ are taken to be positive and 0 ≤ ω ≤ 1. If cs denote the
adiabatic sound speed in WDF, then ω = c2s [8]. The energy conservation
equation for WDF is
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V0
Using 4H = V and EOS (1), the above equation can be written as
ω C
ρWDF = ρ∗ + (1+ω) , (3)
1+ω V
where C is the constant of integration and V is the volume expansion. Wet
dark fluid naturally includes two components: one of them behaves as a
cosmological constant as well as a standard fluid with an equation of state
p = ωρ. If we consider C > 0, this fluid will not violate the strong energy
condition p + ρ ≥ 0. Hence,
c
pWDF + ρWDF = (1 + ω)ρWDF − ωρ∗ = (1 + ω) (1+ω) ≥ 0 . (4)
V
The action for f (R, T ) gravity is
√ √
Z Z
1
S= f (R, T ) −g d4 x + Lm −g d4 x , (5)
16π
where f (R, T ) is an arbitrary function of Ricci scalar R, T be the trace of
stress-energy tensor Tij of the matter. Lm is the matter Lagrangian density.
The energy momentum tensor Tij is defined as
√
2 δ ( −g ) Lm
Tij = − √ . (6)
−g δg ij
By the help of matter Lagrangian Lm , the matter energy tensor is given by
Tij = (pWDF + ρWDF )ui uj − pWDF gij , (7)
where ui = (1, 0, 0, 0, 0) is the five velocity in comoving coordinates satisfying
the condition ui ui = 1 and ui ∇j ui = 0. In equation (7), ρWDF is the
energy density, pWDF is pressure and the matter Lagrangian can be taken
as Lm = −pWDF .
Harko et al. [9] presented three classes of models. In this paper, we con-
sider f (R, T ) = R + 2f (T ), where f (T ) is an arbitrary function of energy
tensor. The f (R, T ) gravity field equations are derived by varying the ac-
tion S with respect to metric tensor gij . For a WDF matter source, (7) takes
the form of
Rij − 12 Rgij = 8πTij + 2f 0 (T )Tij + 2pWDF f 0 (T ) + f (T ) gij .
(8)
3. Conclusion
The spatial volume and average scale factor of the model is zero at initial
time t → 0 indicating that the model starts at Big Bang and has a point type
singularity too. The anisotropic parameter becomes constant and our model
is expanding with time. From Figs. 1 (left) and (right), the energy density
of WDF is a decreasing function of time and remains positive throughout
the Universe whereas the pressure is the increasing function of time and
becomes constant.
0.300 - 0.90
0.295
- 0.95
ρ
0.290
0.285
- 1.00
0.280
0 2 4 6 8 10 0 2 4 6 8 10
t t
Fig. 1. Left: Plot of ρWDF vs. t with A1 = 1, β = 1.5, λ = −6. Right: Plot of pWDF
vs. t with A1 = 1, β = 1.5, λ = −6.
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