Locally rotationally symmetric Bianchi type-I string cosmological models in f(R) theory of gravity

Abstract

This study deals with spatially homogeneous and anisotropic locally rotationally symmetric (LRS) Bianchi type-I universe with cosmic string source in the framework of [Formula: see text] theory of gravity [S. Capozziello, S. Carloni and A. Troisi, Quintessence without scalar fields, Recent Res. Dev. Astron. Astrophys. 1 (2003), 625; S. Nojiri and S. D. Odintsov, Modified gravity with negative and positive powers of curvature: Unification of inflation and cosmic acceleration, Phys. Rev. D 68 (2003) 123512]. Solving the field equations using (i) relation between metric potentials, (ii) power law relation between [Formula: see text] and average scale factor [Formula: see text] and (iii) equations of state for string models we have presented Takabayasi [T. Takabayasi, Quantum Mechanics Determinism, Causality, and Particles (Springer, Berlin, 1976)], Nambu [P. S. Letelier, String cosmologies, Phys. Rev. D 28 (1983) 2414–2419] and Reddy [D. R. K. Reddy, A string cosmological model in a scalar–Tensor theory of gravitation, Astrophys. Space Sci. 286 (2003) 359–363] string cosmological models. The dynamical parameters of our models are determined and their physical behavior is discussed. The most interesting result about the models is that the anisotropic effects are wiped out at late times.