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Intro; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; About the Book; Contents; About the Author; 1 Fundamentals of Relativistic Cosmology; 1.1 Homogeneity and Isotropy: The FLRW Metric; 1.2 The Friedmann and the Acceleration Equations; 1.3 Observable Parameters; 1.4 Solving the Equations; 1.5 Cosmological Horizons: Particle, Event, and Apparent; 1.6 The Present Universe: Dark Energy; 1.6.1 The Simplest Candidate: The Cosmological Constant; 1.6.2 Quintessence; 1.6.3 Phantom Field; 1.6.4 Holographic Dark Energy; 1.6.5 Chaplygin Gas Models; 1.7 Final Remarks; References
2 A Brief Overview of Equilibrium Thermodynamics2.1 Definitions and Basic Concepts; 2.2 The Laws of Thermodynamics; 2.2.1 Temperature: The Zeroth Law; 2.2.2 Energy Conservation: The First Law; 2.2.3 Entropy: The Second Law; 2.2.4 Absolute Entropy: The Third Law; 2.3 Final Remarks; References; 3 Cosmological Thermodynamics; 3.1 Hawking Temperature and Bekenstein Entropy; 3.2 Thermodynamics in Cosmology; 3.3 Modifications of Hawking Temperature; 3.4 Final Remarks; References; 4 Cosmological Thermodynamics in FLRW Model; 4.1 GSL and TE: General Formulation
4.2 GSL and TE: Model Specific Formulation4.2.1 Perfect Fluid with a Constant EoS w, w<-13; 4.2.2 Holographic Dark Energy; 4.2.3 Modified Chaplygin Gas; 4.3 Chapter Summary; References; 5 Cosmological Thermodynamics in the Gravitationally Induced Particle Creation Mechanism; 5.1 Dissipative Processes and Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics; 5.2 Thermodynamics of Adiabatic Open Systems with Particle Creation; 5.3 PCM in Cosmology: A Natural Alternative for DE?; 5.4 PCM in Cosmology: Basic Equations; 5.5 PCM in Cosmology: Thermodynamic Analysis; 5.5.1 First Law
5.5.2 Generalized Second Law: An Expression for Total Entropy5.5.3 Thermodynamic Equilibrium; 5.6 Chapter Summary; References; 6 Possible Applications in Inhomogeneous Cosmological Models; 6.1 Inhomogeneous Cosmological Models; 6.2 The Lemaitre-Tolman-Bondi Model: Basic Equations; 6.3 Surface Gravity and Hawking Temperature in the LTB Model; 6.4 Thermodynamic Analysis with GHT; 6.5 Chapter Summary; References; 7 Controversies and Open Issues in Cosmological Thermodynamics; References; Index
2 A Brief Overview of Equilibrium Thermodynamics2.1 Definitions and Basic Concepts; 2.2 The Laws of Thermodynamics; 2.2.1 Temperature: The Zeroth Law; 2.2.2 Energy Conservation: The First Law; 2.2.3 Entropy: The Second Law; 2.2.4 Absolute Entropy: The Third Law; 2.3 Final Remarks; References; 3 Cosmological Thermodynamics; 3.1 Hawking Temperature and Bekenstein Entropy; 3.2 Thermodynamics in Cosmology; 3.3 Modifications of Hawking Temperature; 3.4 Final Remarks; References; 4 Cosmological Thermodynamics in FLRW Model; 4.1 GSL and TE: General Formulation
4.2 GSL and TE: Model Specific Formulation4.2.1 Perfect Fluid with a Constant EoS w, w<-13; 4.2.2 Holographic Dark Energy; 4.2.3 Modified Chaplygin Gas; 4.3 Chapter Summary; References; 5 Cosmological Thermodynamics in the Gravitationally Induced Particle Creation Mechanism; 5.1 Dissipative Processes and Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics; 5.2 Thermodynamics of Adiabatic Open Systems with Particle Creation; 5.3 PCM in Cosmology: A Natural Alternative for DE?; 5.4 PCM in Cosmology: Basic Equations; 5.5 PCM in Cosmology: Thermodynamic Analysis; 5.5.1 First Law
5.5.2 Generalized Second Law: An Expression for Total Entropy5.5.3 Thermodynamic Equilibrium; 5.6 Chapter Summary; References; 6 Possible Applications in Inhomogeneous Cosmological Models; 6.1 Inhomogeneous Cosmological Models; 6.2 The Lemaitre-Tolman-Bondi Model: Basic Equations; 6.3 Surface Gravity and Hawking Temperature in the LTB Model; 6.4 Thermodynamic Analysis with GHT; 6.5 Chapter Summary; References; 7 Controversies and Open Issues in Cosmological Thermodynamics; References; Index