Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Scientific paper
1999-10-21
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
38 pages. To appear in Proceedings of ERE-99
Scientific paper
Dynamical systems theory is especially well-suited for determining the possible asymptotic states (at both early and late times) of cosmological models, particularly when the governing equations are a finite system of autonomous ordinary differential equations. We begin with a brief review of dynamical systems theory. We then discuss cosmological models as dynamical systems and point out the important role of self-similar models. We review the asymptotic properties of spatially homogeneous perfect fluid models in general relativity. We then discuss some results concerning scalar field models with an exponential potential (both with and without barotropic matter). Finally, we discuss some isotropic cosmological models derived from the string effective action.
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