AdS nonlinear multidimensional \((D = 8)\) gravitational models with stabilized extra dimensions (Q2457710)

The authors continue the discussion of higher-dimensional (\(D > 4\)) cosmological models of the Kaluza-Klein type. In the present paper they concentrate on those models, where the Lagrangian is of the type \(L = R + R^2 + R^4\), here \(R\) is the \(D\)-dimensional curvature scalar. They emphasize the special properties of the case \(D=8\); this is geometrically clear, because the dimension of the term \(R^4\) is \(l^{-8}\), \(l\) being a length unit. Under the specially chosen conditions, the authors find an effective 4-dimensional cosmological constant which is negative, and they find stabilization of the internal spaces. To prove the results, they mainly apply a conformal transformation rule between the gravitational field equations stemming from \(L\) as given above and the \(D\)-dimensional Einstein equation with an additional scalar field as source.