Asymptotics of Solutions of a Perfect Fluid Coupled with a Cosmological Constant in Four-Dimensional Spacetime with Toroidal Symmetry

Abstract

Asymptotics of solutions of a perfect fluid when coupled with a cosmological constant in four-dimensional spacetime with toroidal symmetry are studied. In particular, it is found that the problem of self-similar solutions of the first kind for a fluid with the equation of state, $p = k \rho$, can be reduced to solving a master equation of the form, $$ 2 F(q, k)\frac{q''(\xi)}{q'(\xi)} - G(q,k) q'(\xi) = \frac{4}{\xi}. $$ For $k = 0$ and $k = -1/3$ the general solutions are obtained and their main local and global properties are studied in detail.