A Lattice Universe from M-theory
Astrophysics
2009-10-07 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory
Abstract
A recent paper on the large-scale structure of the Universe presented evidence for a rectangular three-dimensional lattice of galaxy superclusters and voids, with lattice spacing ~120 Mpc and called for some ``hitherto unknown process'' to explain it. Here we report that a rectangular three-dimensional lattice of intersecting domain walls, with arbitrary spacing, emerges naturally as a classical solution of M-theory.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9712301,
title = {A Lattice Universe from M-theory},
author = {M. J. Duff and P. Hoxha and H. Lu and R. R. Martinez-Acosta and C. N. Pope},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9712301},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
Latex, 12 pages. Minor revisions