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Branes on the Horizon

Davis, Anne-Christine; Rhodes, Christophe; Vernon, Ian R.

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Anne-Christine Davis

Christophe Rhodes



Abstract

Models with extra dimensions are often invoked to resolve cosmological problems. We investigate the possibility of apparent acausality as seen by a brane-based observer resulting from signal propagation through the extra dimensions. Null geodesics are first computed in static and cosmological single-brane models, following which we derive the equations of motion for the inter-brane distance in a two-brane scenario, which we use to examine possible acausality in this more complex setup. Despite observing significant effective acausality in some situations there is no a priori solution to the horizon problem using this mechanism. In the two-brane scenario there can be significant late time violation of gravitational Lorentz invariance, resulting in the gravitational horizon being larger than the particle horizon, leading to potential signals in gravitational wave detectors.

Citation

Davis, A., Rhodes, C., & Vernon, I. R. (2001). Branes on the Horizon. Journal of High Energy Physics, 11, https://doi.org/10.1088/1126-6708/2001/11/015

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Nov 1, 2001
Deposit Date Mar 21, 2011
Publicly Available Date Oct 19, 2017
Journal Journal of High Energy Physics
Print ISSN 1126-6708
Electronic ISSN 1029-8479
Publisher Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati (SISSA)
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 11
DOI https://doi.org/10.1088/1126-6708/2001/11/015
Public URL https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1511587
Related Public URLs http://uk.arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0107250

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