The big bang as a higher-dimensional shock wave
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2011-05-23 v1
Abstract
We give an exact solution of the five-dimensional field equations which describes a shock wave moving in time and the extra (Kaluza-Klein) coordinate. The matter in four-dimensional spacetime is a cosmology with good physical properties. The solution suggests to us that the 4D big bang was a 5D shock wave.
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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0003012,
title = {The big bang as a higher-dimensional shock wave},
author = {P. S. Wesson and H. Liu and S. S. Seahra},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0003012},
year = {2011}
}
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REVTeX, 3 pages, accepted in Astronomy & Astrophysics