Inhomogeneous cosmological models in D = 6 , N = 2 Kaluza-Klein supergravity

1998; American Physical Society; Volume: 57; Issue: 10 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1103/physrevd.57.6544

ISSN

1538-4500

Autores

S. Chatterjee, Aroonkumar Beesham, B. Bhui, Tanwi Ghosh,

Tópico(s)

Cosmology and Gravitation Theories

Resumo

We obtain a cosmological solution in an ${R}^{1}\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}{R}^{3}\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}{S}^{2}$ spacetime for an inhomogeneous distribution of matter obeying an equation of state, $p=\ensuremath{-}\ensuremath{\rho}\ensuremath{\ne}{p}_{1},$ where $p$ and ${p}_{1}$ are the isotropic pressures in the 3-space and extra space, respectively. Our model admits exponential expansion of the three-dimensional (3D) space, while the extra space is amenable to dimensional reduction. Interestingly, aside from the well known singularity at the big bang our inhomogeneous solutions are spatially regular everywhere, including the center of symmetry $r=0.$ Moreover, our model seems to suggest an alternative mechanism pointing to a smooth transition from a primorial multidimensional, inhomogeneous phase to a 4D homogeneous one.

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