A new mechanism for freezing extra dimensions with higher-order curvature terms

We construct a model of higher dimensional cosmology in which extra dimensions are frozen by virtue of the cubic-order Lovelock gravity throughout the cosmic history from inflation to the present with radiation and matter-dominated regimes in between.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hiroaki W.H. Tahara, Tsutomu Kobayashi, Jun'ichi Yokoyama
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-12-01
Series:Physics Letters B
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0370269320306602