Bianchi cosmologies with anisotropic matter: locally rotationally symmetric models (Q633728)

The authors consider the spatially homogeneous locally rotationally symmetric (LRS) solutions of the Einstein equations with a large class of anisotropic matter models, including collisionless matter (Vlasov), elastic matter, and magnetic fields. The dynamics of the models of Bianchi types I, II and IX is completely described. The most important results of the paper are: (i) There exist physically viable matter models (of LRS Bianchi type II and IX) such that the behavior of generic solution toward the initial singularity is oscillatory. This result is in contrast to the behavior of vacuum and perfect fluid solutions; (ii) There exist physically viable matter models such that the solutions of Bianchi type IX describing closed cosmologies need not necessarily recolapse. There exists an open set of ``forever'' expanding solutions. The physically viable models are matter models that satisfy the standard energy conditions, the weak energy condition, the dominant energy condition, and the strong energy condition in particular. It is suggested that the methods used in this paper could be extended to treat some other open problems, like the dynamics of Bianchi type VIII and Kantowski-Sachs solutions. The paper contains also three appendices about the solutions of the Einstein-matter equations, the properties of the LRS and the dynamical system theory.