Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
2001-11-06
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
Invited talk at COSMO-01 Workshop, Rovaniemi, Finland, August 30 - September 4, 2001; 25 pages, LaTeX, 6 eps figures
Scientific paper
In Brane Gas Cosmology (BGC) the initial state of the universe is taken to be small, dense and hot, with all fundamental degrees of freedom near thermal equilibrium. This starting point is in close analogy with the Standard Big Bang (SBB) model. In the simplest example, the topology of the universe is assumed to be toroidal in all nine spatial dimensions and is filled with a gas of $p$-branes. The dynamics of winding modes allow, at most, three spatial dimensions to become large, providing a possible explanation to the origin of our macroscopic (3+1)-dimensional universe. Specific solutions are found within the model that exhibit loitering, i.e. the universe experiences a short phase of slow contraction during which the Hubble radius grows larger than the physical extent of the universe. This phase is studied by combining the dilaton gravity background equations of motion with equations that determine the annihilation of string winding modes into string loops. Loitering provides a solution to the brane problem (generalised domain wall problem) in BGC and the horizon problem of the SBB scenario. In BGC the initial singularity problem of the SBB scenario is solved, without relying on an inflationary phase due to the presence of the T-duality symmetry in the theory.
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