Inflationary universe in Kaluza-Klein theories
Astrophysics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
We describe extended inflation and its typical problems. We then briefly review essential features of Kaluza-Klein theory, and show that it leads to a scenario of inflationary cosmology in four dimensions. The problem of stable compactification of extra spatial dimensions is discussed. The requirements for successful extended inflation lead to constraints on the parameters of higher dimensional models.
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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9905159,
title = {Inflationary universe in Kaluza-Klein theories},
author = {A. S. Majumdar},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9905159},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
Latex, 13 pages (Review talk at the YATI meeting at SNBNCBS, Calcutta. To appear in Ind. Jour. Phys.)