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Quantum cosmology of 5D non-compactified Kaluza-Klein theory

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2009-10-31 v1

Abstract

We study the quantum cosmology of a five dimensional non-compactified Kaluza-Klein theory where the 4D metric depends on the fifth coordinate, x4lx^4\equiv l. This model is effectively equivalent to a 4D non-minimally coupled dilaton field in addition to matter generated on hypersurfaces l=constant by the extra coordinate dependence in the four-dimensional metric. We show that the Vilenkin wave function of the universe is more convenient for this model as it predicts a new-born 4D universe on the l0l\simeq0 constant hypersurface.

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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0005036,
  title  = {Quantum cosmology of 5D non-compactified Kaluza-Klein theory},
  author = {F. Darabi and W. N. Sajko and P. S. Wesson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0005036},
  year   = {2009}
}

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14 pages, LaTeX