A Newtonian approach to the cosmological dark fluids

Abstract

We review the hydrodynamics of the dark sector components in Cosmology. For this purpose we use the approach of Newtonian gravitational instability, and thereafter we add corrections to arrive to a full relativistic description. In Cosmology and Astrophysics, it is usual to decompose the dark sector into two species, dark matter and dark energy. We will use instead a unified approach by describing a single unified dark fluid with very simple assumptions, namely the dark fluid is barotropic and its sound speed vanishes.

13 pages, To be published in 'Selected Topics of Computational and Experimental Fluid Mechanics' Springer Book Series: Environmental Science and Engineering: Environmental Science