Dark Energy and Matter in 4 Dimensions From an Empty Kaluza-Klein Spacetime

Details Dark Energy and Matter in 4 Dimensions From an Empty Kaluza-Klein Spacetime Dark Energy and Matter in 4 Dimensions From an Empty Kaluza-Klein Spacetime

2008-11-06

arxiv.org/abs/0811.0877v2

Phys.Lett.B676:16-20,2009

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

11 pages, two figures

Scientific paper

10.1016/j.physletb.2009.04.056

We consider the third order Lovelock equations without the cosmological constant term in an empty $n(\geq 8)$-dimensional Kaluza-Klein spacetime $\mathcal{M}^{4}\times \mathcal{K}^{n-4}$, where $\mathcal{K}^{n-4}$ is a constant curvature space. We show that the emptiness of the higher-dimensional spacetime imposes a constraint on the metric function(s) of 4-dimensional spacetime $\mathcal{M}^{4}$. We consider the effects of this constraint equation in the context of black hole physics, and find a black hole solution in 4 dimensions in the absence of matter field and the cosmological constant (dark energy). This solution has the same form as the 4-dimensional solution introduced in [H. Maeda and N. Dadhich, Phys. Rev. D 74 (2006) 021501(R)] for Gauss-Bonnet gravity in the presence of cosmological constant, and therefore the metric of $\mathcal{M}^{4}$ which satisfies the vacuum Lovelock equations in higher-dimensional Kaluza-Klein spacetime is unique. This black hole solution shows that the curvature of an empty higher-dimensional Kaluza-Klein spacetime creates dark energy and matter with non-traceless energy-momentum tensor in 4 dimensions.

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