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On the dynamics of the universe in $D$ spatial dimensions

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2012-07-09 v2

Abstract

In this paper we present the equations of the evolution of the universe in DD spatial dimensions, as a generalization of the work of Lima \citep{lima}. We discuss the Friedmann-Robertson-Walker cosmological equations in DD spatial dimensions for a simple fluid with equation of state p=ωDρp=\omega_{D}\rho. It is possible to reduce the multidimensional equations to the equation of a point particle system subject to a linear force. This force can be expressed as an oscillator equation, anti-oscillator or a free particle equation, depending on the kk parameter of the spatial curvature. An interesting result is the independence on the dimension DD in a de Sitter evolution. We also stress the generality of this procedure with a cosmological Λ\Lambda term. A more interesting result is that the reduction of the dimensionality leads naturally to an accelerated expansion of the scale factor in the plane case.

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@article{arxiv.0707.3387,
  title  = {On the dynamics of the universe in $D$ spatial dimensions},
  author = {R. F. L. Holanda and S. H. Pereira},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0707.3387},
  year   = {2012}
}

Comments

10 pages, 2 figures, Revista Mexicana de Astronom\'ia y Astrof\'isica (in Press). arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:astro-ph/0109215

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