Viscous Bianchi Type I Universe with Stiff Matter and Decaying Vacuum Energy Density
Keyword(s):
Type I
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We examine homogeneous and anisotropic Bianchi type I cosmological model with viscous stiff matter and time-varying cosmological term which scales with Hubble parameter H. The resulting model approaches isotropy. The cosmological term relaxes to a genuine cosmological constant, and the model in the absence of bulk viscosity tends to a deSitter universe asymptotically. Our scenario presents an initial epoch with decelerating expansion followed by late-time acceleration consistent with observations. Bulk viscosity advances the accelerating phase in the model and prevents the matter density to vanish for large times.
1977 ◽
Vol 58
(2)
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pp. 560-574
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