Abstract
AbstractWe apply a recent proposal to define “gravitational entropy” to the expansion of cosmic voids within the framework of nonperturbative General Relativity. By considering CDM void configurations compatible with basic observational constraints, we show that this entropy grows from post‐inflationary conditions towards a final asymptotic value in a late time fully nonlinear regime described by the Lemaître‐Tolman‐Bondi (LTB) dust models. A qualitatively analogous behavior occurs if we assume a positive cosmological constant consistent with a Λ‐CDM background model. However, the Λ term introduces a significant suppression of entropy growth with the terminal equilibrium value reached at a much faster rate. (© 2014 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)
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