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Phys. Rev. D 66, 064010 (2002) [9 pages]

Quasi-isotropization of the inhomogeneous mixmaster universe induced by an inflationary process

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A. A. Kirillov
Institute for Applied Mathematics and Cybernetics, 10 Ulyanova str., Nizhny Novgorod, 603005, Russia

G. Montani
ICRA—International Center for Relativistic Astrophysics, Dipartimento di Fisica (G9), Università di Roma, “La Sapienza,” Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy

Received 5 December 2001; published 17 September 2002

We derive a “generic” inhomogeneous “bridge” solution for a cosmological model in the presence of a real self-interacting scalar field. This solution connects a Kasner-like regime to an inflationary stage of evolution and therefore provides a dynamical mechanism for the quasi-isotropization of the universe. In the framework of a standard Arnowitt-Deser-Misner Hamiltonian formulation of the dynamics and by adopting Misner-Chitrè-like variables, we integrate the Einstein-Hamilton-Jacobi equation corresponding to a “generic” inhomogeneous cosmological model whose evolution is influenced by the coupling with a bosonic field, expected to be responsible for a spontaneous symmetry breaking configuration. The dependence of the detailed evolution of the universe on the initial conditions is then appropriately characterized.

© 2002 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.66.064010
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevD.66.064010
PACS:
04.20.Jb, 98.80.Hw