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High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Title: Can Geodesics in Extra Dimensions Solve the Cosmological Horizon Problem?

Abstract: We demonstrate a non-inflationary solution to the cosmological horizon problem in scenarios in which our observable universe is confined to three spatial dimensions (a three-brane) embedded in a higher dimensional space. A signal traveling along an extra-dimensional null geodesic may leave our three-brane, travel into the extra dimensions, and subsequently return to a different place on our three-brane in a shorter time than the time a signal confined to our three-brane would take. Hence, these geodesics may connect distant points which would otherwise be ``outside'' the four dimensional horizon (points not in causal contact with one another).
Comments: 9 pages, 2 figures
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph); Astrophysics (astro-ph); High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
Journal reference: Phys.Rev. D62 (2000) 063513
Cite as: arXiv:hep-ph/9910235v2

Submission history

From: Daniel J. H. Chung [view email]
[v1] Tue, 5 Oct 1999 22:56:01 GMT (18kb)
[v2] Thu, 12 Oct 2000 23:19:16 GMT (18kb)