Abstract
Curved multi-dimensional space-times (5D and higher) are constructed by embedding them in one higher-dimensional flat space. The condition that the embedding coordinates have a separable form, plus the demand of an orthogonal resulting space-time, implies that the curved multi-dimensional space-time has 4D de-Sitter subspaces (for constant extra-dimensions) in which the 3D subspace has an accelerated expansion. A complete determination of the curved multi-dimensional spacetime geometry is obtained provided we impose a new type of "equivalence principle", meaning that there is a geodesic which from the embedding space has a rectliniar motion. According to this new equivalence principle, we can find the extra-dimensions metric components, each curved multi-dimensional spacetime surface's equation, the energy-momentum tensors and the extra-dimensions as functions of a scalar field. The generic geodesic in each 5D spacetime are studied: they include solutions where particle's motion along the extra-dimension is periodic and the 3D expansion factor is inflationary (accelerated expansion). Thus, the 3D subspace has an accelerated expansion.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1846-1868 |
Number of pages | 23 |
Journal | Foundations of Physics |
Volume | 36 |
Issue number | 12 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1 Jan 2006 |
Keywords
- Accelerated expansion
- Equivalence principle
- Extra-dimensions
- Multidimensional spacetimes
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Physics and Astronomy