Scaling cosmologies, geodesic motion and pseudo-susy

dc.creatorChemissany, Wissam
dc.creatorploegh, André
dc.creatorVan Riet, Thomas
dc.date2007-04-12
dc.date2007-08-17
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T11:56:34Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T11:56:34Z
dc.descriptionOne-parameter solutions in supergravity carried by scalars and a metric trace out curves on the scalar manifold. In ungauged supergravity these curves describe a geodesic motion. It is known that a geodesic motion sometimes occurs in the presence of a scalar potential and for time-dependent solutions this can happen for scaling cosmologies. This note contains a further study of such solutions in the context of pseudo-supersymmetry for multi-field systems whose first-order equations we derive using a Bogomol'nyi-like method. In particular we show that scaling solutions that are pseudo-BPS must describe geodesic curves. Furthermore, we clarify how to solve the geodesic equations of motion when the scalar manifold is a maximally non-compact coset such as occurs in maximal supergravity. This relies upon a parametrization of the coset in the Borel gauge. We then illustrate this with the cosmological solutions of higher-dimensional gravity compactified on a $n$-torus.
dc.description14 pages, slight change in title, references added, typos corrected. Version accepted for publication in Class. Quantum Grav
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0704.1653
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0704.1653
dc.identifierClass.Quant.Grav.24:4679-4690,2007
dc.identifierdoi:10.1088/0264-9381/24/18/009
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/205580
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Theory
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleScaling cosmologies, geodesic motion and pseudo-susy
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