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.
| Main Authors: | , , |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2020-12-01
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| Series: | Physics Letters B |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0370269320306602 |
| Summary: | 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. |
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| ISSN: | 0370-2693 |