English

Classification of multidimensional inflationary models

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2009-10-30 v1

Abstract

We define under which circumstances two multi-warped product spacetimes can be considered equivalent and then we classify the spaces of constant curvature in the Euclidean and Lorentzian signature. For dimension D=2, we get essentially twelve representations, for D=3 exactly eighteen. More general, for every even D, 5D+2 cases exist, whereas for every odd D, 5D+3 cases exist. For every D, exactly one half of them has the Euclidean signature. Our definition is well suited for the discussion of multidimensional cosmological models, and our results give a simple algorithm to decide whether a given metric represents the inflationary de Sitter spacetime (in unusual coordinates) or not.

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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/9709070,
  title  = {Classification of multidimensional inflationary models},
  author = {S. Mignemi and H. -J. Schmidt},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/9709070},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

21 pages, LaTeX, no figures, J. Math. Phys. in print