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Asymptotic singular behavior of Gowdy spacetimes in string theory

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2009-10-31 v3 High Energy Physics - Theory Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

We study T3T^{3} Gowdy spacetimes in the Einstein-Maxwell-dilaton-axion system and show by the Fuchsian algorithm that they have in general asymptotically velocity-term dominated singularities. The families of the corresponding solutions depend on the maximum number of arbitrary functions. Although coupling of the dilaton field with the Maxwell and/or the axion fields corresponds to the ``potential'' which appears in the Hamiltonian of vacuum Bianchi IX spacetimes, our result means that the spacetimes do not become Mixmaster necessarily.

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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0003013,
  title  = {Asymptotic singular behavior of Gowdy spacetimes in string theory},
  author = {Makoto Narita and Takashi Torii and Kengo Maeda},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0003013},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

13 pages, submitted to Class. Quantum Grav