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Phase transition between shock formation and stability in cosmological fluids
We demonstrate a novel phase transition from stable to unstable fluid behaviour for fluid-filled cosmological spacetimes undergoing decelerated expansion. This transition occurs when the fluid speed of sound $c_S$ exceeds a critical value relative to the expansion rate $a(t) = t^\alpha$ of spacetime. We present an explicit relationship between $\alpha$ …