Inflatonless inflation

DOI10.1142/S0217751X12501515MaRDI QIDQ2868737zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Thomas W. Kephart, Chiu Man Ho

Publication date 19 December 2013

Published in International Journal of Modern Physics A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1002.4044

zbMATH Keywords

inflationnonlinear sigma model

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Relativistic cosmology (83F05)

Abstract: We consider a 4+N dimensional Einstein gravity coupled to a non-linear sigma model. This theory admits a solution in which the N extra dimensions contract exponentially while the ordinary space expand exponentially. Physically, the non-linear sigma fields induce the dynamical compactification of the extra dimensions, which in turn drives inflation. No inflatons are required.

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• Kasner‐like, inflationary and steady‐state solutions in multi‐dimensional cosmology
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