Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
2001-06-15
Phys.Rev.Lett.87:231303,2001
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
minor changes, matches version published in Phys. Rev. Lett
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.231303
We consider a model in which the universe is the direct product of a (3+1)-dimensional Friedmann, Robertson-Walker (FRW) space and a compact hyperbolic manifold (CHM). Standard Model fields are confined to a point in the CHM (i.e. to a brane). In such a space, the decay of massive Kaluza-Klein modes leads to the injection of any initial bulk entropy into the observable (FRW) universe. Both Kolmogoro-Sinai mixing due to the non-integrability of flows on CHMs and the large statistical averaging inherent in the collapse of the initial entropy onto the brane smooth out any initial inhomogeneities in the distribution of matter and of 3-curvature on any slice of constant 3-position. If, as we assume, the initial densities and curvatures in each fundamental correlation volume are drawn from some universal underlying distributions independent of location within the space, then these smoothing mechanisms effectively reduce the density and curvature inhomogeneities projected onto the FRW. This smoothing is sufficient to account for the current homogeneity and flatness of the universe. The fundamental scale of physics can be $\gsim 1$TeV. All relevant mass and length scales can have natural values in fundamental units. All large dimensionless numbers, such as the entropy of the universe, are understood as consequences of the topology of spacetime which is not explained. No model for the origin of structure is proffered.
Starkman Glenn D.
Stojkovic Dejan
Trodden Mark
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