Higher Dimensional Gauss-Bonnet FRW Cosmology
Abstract
We examine the effect on cosmological evolution of adding a Gauss-Bonnet term to the standard Einstein-Hilbert action for a (1 + 3) + d dimensional Friedman-Robertson- Walker (FRW) metric. By assuming that the additional dimensions compactify as a power law as the usual 3 spatial dimensions expand, we solve the resulting dynamical equations and find that the solution may be of either de Sitter or Kasner form depending upon whether the Gauss-Bonnet term or the Einstein term dominates.
- Publication:
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APS April Meeting Abstracts
- Pub Date:
- April 2008
- Bibcode:
- 2008APS..APRW10003M