Brane World Cosmology

dc.creatorBrax, Philippe
dc.creatorvan de Bruck, Carsten
dc.creatorDavis, Anne--Christine
dc.date2004-04-02
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T10:49:52Z
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dc.descriptionRecent developments in the physics of extra dimensions have opened up new avenues to test such theories. We review cosmological aspects of brane world scenarios such as the Randall--Sundrum brane model and two--brane systems with a bulk scalar field. We start with the simplest brane world scenario leading to a consistent cosmology: a brane embedded in an Anti--de Sitter space--time. We generalise this setting to the case with a bulk scalar field and then to two--brane systems. We discuss different ways of obtaining a low--energy effective theory for two--brane systems, such as the moduli space approximation and the low--energy expansion. A comparison between the different methods is given. Cosmological perturbations are briefly discussed as well as early universe scenarios such as the cyclic model and the born--again brane world model. Finally we also present some physical consequences of brane world scenarios on the cosmic microwave background and the variation of constants.
dc.description57 pages, 6 figures, invited review for Rep. Prog. Phys
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0404011
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0404011
dc.identifierRept.Prog.Phys.67:2183-2232,2004
dc.identifierdoi:10.1088/0034-4885/67/12/R02
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/184362
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Theory
dc.titleBrane World Cosmology
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