TY - JOUR
T1 - Quantum effects on higher dimensional space-time
AU - Carow, Ursula
AU - Maeda, Kei ichi
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to thank Professor H. Sato for valuable discussions. They also thank T. Koikawa and S. Midorikawa for useful discussions and comments. U.C. would like to thank the Japanese Ministry of Education, Science and Culture for a grant. K.M. would like to thank Professor N. Dallaporta and Professor D.W. Sciama for continuous encouragement.
PY - 1985/8/22
Y1 - 1985/8/22
N2 - Particle production in an odd-dimensional homogeneous universe with small anisotropy is discussed by using the effective action method. The pair production is a completely non-local phenomenon in an odd-dimensional theory, in contrast to the case of the familiar four-dimensional space-time. The effect of the closedness of the extra-dimensional space, i.e., the Casimir effect, which seems to be important in the scenario of Kaluza-Klein cosmology, is also discussed in the case of five dimensions.
AB - Particle production in an odd-dimensional homogeneous universe with small anisotropy is discussed by using the effective action method. The pair production is a completely non-local phenomenon in an odd-dimensional theory, in contrast to the case of the familiar four-dimensional space-time. The effect of the closedness of the extra-dimensional space, i.e., the Casimir effect, which seems to be important in the scenario of Kaluza-Klein cosmology, is also discussed in the case of five dimensions.
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U2 - 10.1016/0370-2693(85)91187-6
DO - 10.1016/0370-2693(85)91187-6
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:4243740428
VL - 158
SP - 298
EP - 304
JO - Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
JF - Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
SN - 0370-2693
IS - 4
ER -