https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/s13360-019-00078-z
Regular Article
Brans–Dicke cosmology: thermodynamic viability
Department of Physical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata, Mohanpur, WB, 741 246, India
* e-mail: narayan@iiserkol.ac.in
Received:
20
September
2019
Accepted:
18
October
2019
Published online:
7
January
2020
Brans–Dicke cosmological models for a spatially isotropic and homogeneous universe are tested in terms of the validity of the generalized second law of thermodynamics (GSL). The investigation is carried out in the Einstein frame. It is found that the models are thermodynamically viable for negative values of the Brans–Dicke parameter 
and thus are quite consistent with the recent accelerated expansion of the universe.
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