Anisotropic bulk viscous string cosmological model in a scalar-tensor theory of gravitation (Q903827)

Summary: Spatially homogeneous, anisotropic, and tilted Bianchi type-VI\(_0\) model is investigated in a new scalar-tensor theory of gravitation proposed by \textit{D. Sáez} and \textit{V. J. Ballester} [``A simple coupling with cosmological implications'', Phys. Lett., A 113, No. 9, 467--470 (1986; \url{doi:10.1016/0375-9601(86)90121-0})] when the source for energy momentum tensor is a bulk viscous fluid containing one-dimensional cosmic strings. Exact solution of the highly nonlinear field equations is obtained using the following plausible physical conditions: (i) scalar expansion of the space-time which is proportional to the shear scalar, (ii) the barotropic equations of state for pressure and energy density, and (iii) a special law of variation for Hubble's parameter proposed by \textit{M. S. Berman} [``A special law of variation for Hubble's parameter'', Nuvo Cimento B 74, No. 2, 182--186 (1983)]. Some physical and kinematical properties of the model are also discussed.