Variable-Speed-of-Light Cosmology from Brane World Scenario
High Energy Physics - Theory
2009-11-07 v3 Astrophysics
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract
We argue that the four-dimensional universe on the TeV brane of the Randall-Sundrum scenario takes the bimetric structure of Clayton and Moffat, with gravitons traveling faster than photons instead, while the radion varies with time. We show that such brane world bimetric model can thereby solve the flatness and the cosmological constant problems, provided the speed of a graviton decreases to the present day value rapidly enough. The resolution of other cosmological problems such as the horizon problem and the monopole problem requires supplementation by inflation, which may be achieved by the radion field provided the radion potential satisfies the slow-roll approximation.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-th/0102194,
title = {Variable-Speed-of-Light Cosmology from Brane World Scenario},
author = {Donam Youm},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0102194},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
18 pages, LaTeX, revised version to appear in Phys. Rev. D