Modified Brans-Dicke theory in arbitrary dimensions

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/31/11/115002zbMATH Open1293.83023arXiv1405.0229OpenAlexW2136866799WikidataQ57562359 ScholiaQ57562359MaRDI QIDQ4979641FDOQ4979641

Authors: S. M. M. Rasouli, Mehrdad Farhoudi, Paulo Rodrigues Lima Vargas Moniz 

Publication date: 24 June 2014

Published in: Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Within an algebraic framework, used to construct the induced-matter-theory (IMT) setting, in $(D+1)$-dimensional Brans-Dicke (BD) scenario, we obtain a modified BD theory (MBDT) in $D$ dimensions. Being more specific, from the $(D+1)$-dimensional field equations, a $D$--dimensional BD theory, bearing new features, is extracted by means of a suitable dimensional reduction onto a hypersurface orthogonal to the extra dimension. In particular, the BD scalar field in such $D$-dimensional theory has a self-interacting potential, which can be suitably interpreted as produced by the extra dimension. Subsequently, as an application to cosmology, we consider an extended spatially flat FLRW geometry in a $(D+1)$-dimensional space-time. After obtaining the power-law solutions in the bulk, we proceed to construct the corresponding physics, by means of the induced MBDT procedure, on the $D$-dimensional hypersurface. We then contrast the resulted solutions (for different phases of the universe) with those usually extracted from the conventional GR and BD theories in view of current ranges for cosmological parameters. We show that the induced perfect fluid background and the induced scalar potential can be employed, within some limits, for describing different epochs of the universe. Finally, we comment on the observational viability of such a model.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1405.0229

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zbMATH Keywords

modified Brans-Dicke theoryself-interacting potentialinduced-matter-theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Exact solutions to problems in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C15) Macroscopic interaction of the gravitational field with matter (hydrodynamics, etc.) (83C55) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05) Kaluza-Klein and other higher-dimensional theories (83E15) Relativistic cosmology (83F05) Astrophysical cosmology (85A40)

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