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Inflation and Large Internal Dimensions

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-09-29 v2 Astrophysics General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

We consider some aspects of inflation in models with large internal dimensions. If inflation occurs on a 3D wall after the stabilization of internal dimensions in the models with low unification scale (M ~ 1 TeV), the inflaton field must be extremely light. This problem may disappear In models with intermediate (M ~10^{11} GeV) to high (M ~ 10^{16} GeV) unification scale. However, in all of these cases the wall inflation does not provide a complete solution to the horizon and flatness problems. To solve them, there must be a stage of inflation in the bulk before the compactification of internal dimensions.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9811141,
  title  = {Inflation and Large Internal Dimensions},
  author = {Nemanja Kaloper and Andrei Linde},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9811141},
  year   = {2009}
}

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4 pages, revtex, minor modifications