Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2002-02-26
Phys.Rev.D65:123514,2002
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
6 pages, 4 figures, to appear in Phys. Rev. D (minor revisions)
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevD.65.123514
The presence of dark energy in the Universe is inferred directly and indirectly from a large body of observational evidence. The simplest and most theoretically appealing possibility is the vacuum energy density (cosmological constant). However, although in agreement with current observations, such a possibility exacerbates the well known cosmological constant problem, requiring a natural explanation for its small, but nonzero, value. In this paper we focus our attention on another dark energy candidate, one arising from gravitational \emph{leakage} into extra dimensions. We investigate observational constraints from current measurements of angular size of high-$z$ compact radio-sources on accelerated models based on this large scale modification of gravity. The predicted age of the Universe in the context of these models is briefly discussed. We argue that future observations will enable a more accurate test of these cosmologies and, possibly, show that such models constitute a viable possibility for the dark energy problem.
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