Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2002-09-11
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
10 pages, 3 figures. To appear in the proceedings of 2002 International Symposium on Cosmology and Particle Astrophysics (NTU,
Scientific paper
As indicated by Einstein's general relativity, matter and geometry are two faces of a single nature. In our point of view, extra dimensions, as a member of the {\em geometry face}, will be treated as a part of the {\em matter face} when they are beyond our poor vision, thereby providing dark energy sources effectively. The geometrical structure and the evolution pattern of extra dimensions therefore may play an important role in cosmology. Various possible impacts of extra dimensions on cosmology are investigated. In one way, the evolution of homogeneous extra dimensions may contribute to dark energy, driving the accelerating expansion of the universe. In the other way, both the energy perturbations in the ordinary three-space, combined with homogeneous extra dimensions, and the inhomogeneities in the extra space may contribute to dark matter. In this paper we wish to sketch the basic idea and show how extra dimensions may lead to the dark side of our universe.
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