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Low-energy graceful exit in anisotropic string cosmology backgrounds

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-11-07 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

We discuss the possibility of a smooth transition from the pre- to the post-big bang regime, in the context of the lowest-order string effective action (without higher-derivative corrections), taking into account with a phenomenological model of source the repulsive gravitational effects due to the back-reaction of the quantum fluctuations outside the horizon. We determine a set of necessary conditions for a successful and realistic transition, and we find that such conditions can be satisfied (by an appropriate model of source), provided the background is higher-dimensional and anisotropic.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0109137,
  title  = {Low-energy graceful exit in anisotropic string cosmology backgrounds},
  author = {G. De Risi and M. Gasperini},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0109137},
  year   = {2009}
}

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13 pages, latex, 2 figures included using epsfig

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