C-field cosmology for barotropic fluid distribution with variable bulk viscosity and vacuum energy (Λ) in Friedmann–Robertson–Walker (FRW) space–time

Abstract

A cosmological model that admits barotropic fluid distribution and a negative energy massless scalar creation field as a source in the presence of bulk viscosity and vacuum energy (Λ) in Friedmann–Robertson–Walker space–time is investigated. It has been shown that the model satisfies observational tests and is thus an alternative to the standard Big Bang model. The model is free from real singularity and particle horizon. The creation field increases with time, which matches Hoyle and Narlikar (Proc. Roy. Soc. A, 282, 178 (1964). doi:10.1098/rspa.1964.0225 ). To get the deterministic results, we have assumed that the coefficient of bulk viscosity, ζαρ1/2, where ρ is the matter density, ρ = 3H2, Λ ∼ H2, where H is the Hubble parameter. The model satisfies the energy conditions (weak, dominant, and strong). The deceleration parameter, q < 0, shows that the model represents an accelerating phase of the universe.