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Letter: Density Perturbations in a Universe Dominated by the Chaplygin Gas

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We study the fate of density perturbations in a Universe dominate by the Chaplygin gas, which exhibit negative pressure. In opposition to other models of perfect fluid with negative pressure, there is no instability in the small wavelength limit, due to the fact that the sound velocity for the Chaplygin gas is positive. We show that it is possible to obtain the value for the density contrast observed in large scale structure of the Universe by fixing a free parameter in the equation of state of this gas. The negative character of pressure must be significant only very recently.

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  1. Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, CEP29060-900, Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil

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Fabris, J., Gonçalves, S. & de Souza, P. Letter: Density Perturbations in a Universe Dominated by the Chaplygin Gas. General Relativity and Gravitation 34, 53–63 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1015266421750

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