STABLE COMPACTIFICATION AND INFLATION FROM HIGHER-DIMENSIONAL BRANS-DICKE THEORY

Authors
MAJUMDAR AS SESHADRI TR SETHI SK
Citation
As. Majumdar et al., STABLE COMPACTIFICATION AND INFLATION FROM HIGHER-DIMENSIONAL BRANS-DICKE THEORY, Physics letters. Section B, 312(1-2), 1993, pp. 67-74
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physics letters. Section B → ACNP
ISSN journal
03702693
Volume
312
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1993
Pages
67 - 74
Database
ISI
SICI code
0370-2693(1993)312:1-2<67:SCAIFH>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
A higher-dimensional Brans-Dicke model of gravity is studied. It is sh own that in the conformal Einstein frame, it is possible to obtain (a) stable compactification of internal space, and (b) a viable scenario for extended inflation.