Compactification and signature transition in Kaluza--Klein spinor cosmology

DOI10.1016/J.AOP.2006.04.016MaRDI QIDQ854872zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Hamid Reza Sepangi, B. Vakili, S. Jalalzadeh

Publication date 7 December 2006

Published in Annals of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0605015

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Kaluza-Klein and other higher-dimensional theories (83E15) Relativistic cosmology (83F05)

Abstract: We study the classical and quantum cosmology of a 4+1-dimensional space-time with a non-zero cosmological constant coupled to a self interacting massive spinor field. We consider a spatially flat Robertson-Walker universe with the usual scale factor $R(t)$ and an internal scale factor $a(t)$ associated with the extra dimension. For a free spinor field the resulting equations admit exact solutions, whereas for a self interacting spinor field one should resort to a numerical method for exhibiting their behavior. These solutions give rise to a degenerate metric and exhibit signature transition from a Euclidean to a Lorentzian domain. Such transitions suggest a compactification mechanism for the internal and external scale factors such that $asim{R}^{-1}$ in the Lorentzian region. The corresponding quantum cosmology and the ensuing Wheeler-DeWitt equation have exact solutions in the mini-superspace when the spinor field is free, leading to wavepackets undergoing signature change. The question of stabilization of the extra dimension is also discussed.

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