Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
2006-05-06
Phys.Lett.B638:1-7,2006
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
18 pp, 1 fig
Scientific paper
10.1016/j.physletb.2006.05.015
We discuss role of partially gravitating scalar fields, scalar fields whose energy-momentum tensors vanish for a subset of dimensions, in dynamical compactification of a given set of dimensions. We show that the resulting spacetime exhibits a factorizable geometry consisting of usual four-dimensional spacetime with full Poincare invariance times a manifold of extra dimensions whose size and shape are determined by the scalar field dynamics. Depending on the strength of its coupling to the curvature scalar, the vacuum expectation value (VEV) of the scalar field may or may not vanish. When its VEV is zero the higher dimensional spacetime is completely flat and there is no compactification effect at all. On the other hand, when its VEV is nonzero the extra dimensions get spontaneously compactified. The compactification process is such that a bulk cosmological constant is utilized for curving the extra dimensions.
Demir Durmus A.
Pulice Beyhan
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