QCD Equation of State and Cosmological Parameters in Early Universe

TL;DR

This paper investigates how the QCD equation of state influences early universe cosmological parameters during the deconfinement transition, revealing significant effects on acceleration parameters around the critical temperature.

Contribution

It introduces a non-perturbative QCD-based equation of state using the Field Correlator Method to analyze early universe dynamics near the deconfinement transition.

Findings

Deceleration parameter and jerk are strongly affected above the critical temperature.

The scale factor and Hubble parameter are weakly dependent on the EoS.

Transient acceleration occurs near the critical temperature, indicating matter-dominated behavior.

Abstract

The time evolution of cosmological parameters in early Universe at the deconfinement transition is studied by an equation of state (EoS) which takes into account the finite baryon density and the background magnetic field. The non perturbative dynamics is described by the Field Correlator Method (FCM) which gives, with a small number of free parameters, a good fit of lattice data. The entire system has two components, i.e. the quark-gluon plasma and the electroweak sector, and the solutions of the Friedmann equation show that the scale factor, $a(t)$, and $H(t)= (1/a)da/dt$ are weakly dependent on the EoS, but the deceleration parameter, $q(t)$, and the jerk, $j(t)$, are strongly modified above the critical temperature $T_c$, corresponding to a critical time $t_c \simeq 20-25 \mu s$. The time evolution of the cosmological parameters suggest that above and around $T_c$ there is a transient state of acceleration typical of a matter dominated Universe; this is entailed by the QCD strong interaction driven by the presence of massive colored objects.