Extra Dimensions in the Early Universe

Details Extra Dimensions in the Early Universe Extra Dimensions in the Early Universe

1999-12-21

arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/9912449v1

Phys.Lett. B474 (2000) 41-45

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

9 pages, 1 figure. To be published in Physics Letters B

Scientific paper

10.1016/S0370-2693(00)00004-6

We investigate the possible occurrence of extra spatial dimensions (D = 3+epsilon) in the early universe. A detailed calculation is presented which shows that the crucial signal is the apparent inequality of the cosmological Z-term between matching Lyman alpha (Ly{alpha}) and Lyman beta (Ly{beta}) spectral lines, both emission and absorption, when using the present epoch (laboratory) wavelengths. We present preliminary upper limits to the value of epsilon, to be improved by direct, more careful analysis of the spectra. We take catalogued quasar Ly{alpha} forest data and perform Student's t-test to determine whether we should reject the null hypothesis (no fractal dimensions). Finally, a chi^{2} analysis is done for fitting epsilon in the early universe. The statistical tests and experimental data are all consistent with epsilon = 0 for Z < 3.3, but the experimental data support non-zero epsilon values for Z > 4. However, it should be emphasized that the non-zero values of epsilon found for Z > 4 may be due to undiscovered systematic errors in the original data.

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