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New Vistas in Braneworld Cosmology
Traditionally, higher-dimensional cosmological models have sought to provide
a description of the fundamental forces in terms of a unifying geometrical
construction. In this essay we discuss how, in their present incarnation,
higher-dimensional `braneworld' models might provide answers to a number of
cosmological puzzles including the issue of dark energy and the nature of the
big-bang singularity.Comment: Honorable mention in the 2002 Essay Competition of the Gravity
Research Foundation. 10 pages, 2 figure
Quantum mechanical study of molecules transition probabilities, Einstein A coefficients and oscillator strengths of some band systems of diatomic molecules
Quantum mechanical study of transition probabilities, Einstein A coefficients, and oscillator strengths of band systems of diatomic molecule
Asymmetric embedding in brane cosmology
We derive a system of cosmological equations for a braneworld with induced
curvature which is a junction between several bulk spaces. The permutation
symmetry of the bulk spaces is not imposed, and the values of the fundamental
constants, and even the signatures of the extra dimension, may be different on
different sides of the brane. We then consider the usual partial case of two
asymmetric bulk spaces and derive an exact closed system of scalar equations on
the brane. We apply this result to the cosmological evolution on such a brane
and describe its various partial cases.Comment: 10 page
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APSIS - an Artificial Planetary System in Space to probe extra-dimensional gravity and MOND
A proposal is made to test Newton's inverse-square law using the perihelion
shift of test masses (planets) in free fall within a spacecraft located at the
Earth-Sun L2 point. Such an Artificial Planetary System In Space (APSIS) will
operate in a drag-free environment with controlled experimental conditions and
minimal interference from terrestrial sources of contamination. We demonstrate
that such a space experiment can probe the presence of a "hidden" fifth
dimension on the scale of a micron, if the perihelion shift of a "planet" can
be measured to sub-arc-second accuracy. Some suggestions for spacecraft design
are made.Comment: 17 pages, revtex, references added. To appear in Special issue of
IJMP
Accelerating Universes with Scaling Dark Matter
Friedmann-Robertson-Walker universes with a presently large fraction of the
energy density stored in an -component with , are considered. We
find all the critical points of the system for constant equations of state in
that range. We consider further several background quantities that can
distinguish the models with different values. Using a simple toy model
with a varying equation of state, we show that even a large variation of
at small redshifts is very difficult to observe with measurements up
to . Therefore, it will require accurate measurements in the range
and independent accurate knowledge of (and/or
) in order to resolve a variable from a constant .Comment: submitted to IJMPD (uses Latex, 12 pages, 6 Figures) Minor
corrections, Figures 4, 6 revised. Conclusions unchange
Quantum effects, soft singularities and the fate of the universe in a braneworld cosmology
We examine a class of braneworld models in which the expanding universe
encounters a "quiescent" future singularity. At a quiescent singularity, the
energy density and pressure of the cosmic fluid as well as the Hubble parameter
remain finite while all derivatives of the Hubble parameter diverge (i.e.,
, , etc. ). Since the Kretschmann invariant
diverges () at the singularity, one expects
quantum effects to play an important role as the quiescent singularity is
approached. We explore the effects of vacuum polarization due to massless
conformally coupled fields near the singularity and show that these can either
cause the universe to recollapse or, else, lead to a softer singularity at
which , , and remain finite while {\dddot H} and
higher derivatives of the Hubble parameter diverge. An important aspect of the
quiescent singularity is that it is encountered in regions of low density,
which has obvious implications for a universe consisting of a cosmic web of
high and low density regions -- superclusters and voids. In addition to vacuum
polarization, the effects of quantum particle production of non-conformal
fields are also likely to be important. A preliminary examination shows that
intense particle production can lead to an accelerating universe whose Hubble
parameter shows oscillations about a constant value.Comment: 19 pages, 3 figures, text slightly improved and references added.
Accepted for publication in Classical and Quantum Gravit
Gravitational instability on the brane: the role of boundary conditions
An outstanding issue in braneworld theory concerns the setting up of proper
boundary conditions for the brane-bulk system. Boundary conditions (BC's)
employing regulatory branes or demanding that the bulk metric be nonsingular
have yet to be implemented in full generality. In this paper, we take a
different route and specify boundary conditions directly on the brane thereby
arriving at a local and closed system of equations (on the brane). We consider
a one-parameter family of boundary conditions involving the anisotropic stress
of the projection of the bulk Weyl tensor on the brane and derive an exact
system of equations describing scalar cosmological perturbations on a generic
braneworld with induced gravity. Depending upon our choice of boundary
conditions, perturbations on the brane either grow moderately (region of
stability) or rapidly (instability). In the instability region, the evolution
of perturbations usually depends upon the scale: small scale perturbations grow
much more rapidly than those on larger scales. This instability is caused by a
peculiar gravitational interaction between dark radiation and matter on the
brane. Generalizing the boundary conditions obtained by Koyama and Maartens, we
find for the Dvali-Gabadadze-Porrati model an instability, which leads to a
dramatic scale-dependence of the evolution of density perturbations in matter
and dark radiation. A different set of BC's, however, leads to a more moderate
and scale-independent growth of perturbations. For the mimicry braneworld,
which expands like LCDM, this class of BC's can lead to an earlier epoch of
structure formation.Comment: 35 pages, 9 figures, an appendix and references added, version to be
published in Classical and Quantum Gravit
Cosmological scalar fields that mimic the cosmological model
We look for cosmologies with a scalar field (dark energy without cosmological
constant), which mimic the standard cosmological model yielding
exactly the same large-scale geometry described by the evolution of the Hubble
parameter (i.e. photometric distance and angular diameter distance as functions
on ). Asymptotic behavior of the field solutions is studied in the case of
spatially flat Universe with pressureless matter and separable scalar field
Lagrangians (power-law kinetic term + power-law potential). Exact analytic
solutions are found in some special cases. A number of models have the field
solutions with infinite behavior in the past or even singular behavior at
finite redshifts. We point out that introduction of the cosmological scalar
field involves some degeneracy leading to lower precision in determination of
. To remove this degeneracy additional information is needed beyond
the data on large-scale geometry.Comment: VIII International Conference "Relativistic Astrophysics, Gravitation
and Cosmology": May 21-23, 2008, Kyiv, Ukrain
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