New no-go theorems for cosmic acceleration with extra dimensions

dc.creatorWesley, Daniel H.
dc.date2008-02-14
dc.date2008-08-04
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T09:54:08Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T09:54:08Z
dc.descriptionWe describe new no-go theorems for producing four-dimensional accelerating universes from warped dimensional reduction. The new theorems improve upon previous results by including dynamical extra dimensions and by treating four-dimensional universes that are not precisely de Sitter. The theorems show there exists a threshold four-dimensional equation-of-state parameter w below which the number of e-foldings of expansion is bounded, and give expressions for the maximum number of allowed e-foldings. In the generic case, the bound must be satisfied if the higher-dimensional theory satisfies the strong energy condition. If the compactification manifold M is one-dimensional, or if its (intrinsic) Ricci scalar R is identically zero, then the bound must be satisfied if the higher-dimensional theory satisfies the null energy condition.
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dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0802.2106
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0802.2106
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/166205
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Theory
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.subjectGeneral Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
dc.titleNew no-go theorems for cosmic acceleration with extra dimensions
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