Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
2001-10-17
Phys.Rev. D66 (2002) 024036
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
25 pages; minor changes, improved references
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevD.66.024036
If spacetime possesses extra dimensions of size and curvature radii much larger than the Planck or string scales, the dynamics of these extra dimensions should be governed by classical general relativity. We argue that in general relativity, it is highly nontrivial to obtain solutions where the extra dimensions are static and are dynamically stable to small perturbations. We also illustrate that intuition on equilibrium and stability built up from non-gravitational physics can be highly misleading. For all static, homogeneous solutions satisfying the null energy condition, we show that the Ricci curvature of space must be nonnegative in all directions. Much of our analysis focuses on a class of spacetime models where space consists of a product of homogeneous and isotropic geometries. A dimensional reduction of these models is performed, and their stability to perturbations that preserve the spatial symmetries is analyzed. We conclude that the only physically realistic examples of classically stabilized large extra dimensions are those in which the extra-dimensional manifold is positively curved.
Carroll Sean M.
Geddes James
Hoffman Mark B.
Wald Robert M.
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