WAVES IN 5-DIMENSIONAL RELATIVITY THEORY

Authors
BILLYARD A WESSON PS
Citation
A. Billyard et Ps. Wesson, WAVES IN 5-DIMENSIONAL RELATIVITY THEORY, General relativity and gravitation, 28(2), 1996, pp. 129-136
Citations number
53
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
General relativity and gravitation → ACNP
ISSN journal
00017701
Volume
28
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
129 - 136
Database
ISI
SICI code
0001-7701(1996)28:2<129:WI5RT>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
We give an exact solution of the five-dimensional relativity equations , and interpret it using the induced-matter formalism wherein geometry in 5D gives rise to matter in 4D. The solution represents oscillation s of ordinary 3D space where the associated medium has the equation of state of the classical de Sitter vacuum. We outline implications for the inflationary universe model.