Le Chatelier-Braun principle in cosmological physics
arXiv:0712.0565 · doi:10.1007/s10714-008-0656-y
Abstract
Assuming that dark energy may be treated as a fluid with a well defined temperature, close to equilibrium, we argue that if nowadays there is a transfer of energy between dark energy and dark matter, it must be such that the latter gains energy from the former and not the other way around.
6 pages, revtex file, no figures; version accepted for publication in General Relativity and Gravitation