Five-Dimensional Space-Times with a Variable Gravitational and Cosmological Constant

Oli, Sanjay

doi:https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/874739

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Volume 2014 | Article ID 874739 | https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/874739

Five-Dimensional Space-Times with a Variable Gravitational and Cosmological Constant

Sanjay Oli¹

Academic Editor: Kazuharu Bamba

Received06 Sept 2013

Accepted24 Nov 2013

Published02 Jan 2014

Abstract

We have presented cosmological models in five-dimensional Kaluza-Klein space-time with a variable gravitational constant () and cosmological constant (). We have investigated Einstein’s field equations for five-dimensional Kaluza-Klein space-time in the presence of perfect fluid with time dependent and . A variety of solutions have been found in which increases and decreases with time , which matches with current observation. The properties of fluid and kinematical parameters have been discussed in detail.

1. Introduction

The observational analysis of High-Redshift Type Ia Supernova and Supernova Cosmological Project [1–5] provided a wealth of information about our universe. These observational analyses imply that a positive cosmological constant of order () may dominate the total energy density in the universe and that the expansion of the universe is accelerating [6].

Higher-dimensional cosmological models play a vital role in many aspects of early stage of cosmological problems, one of the frontier areas of research to unify gravity with other forces in nature. The study of higher-dimensional space-time provides an idea that our universe was much smaller at early stage of evolution than observed today. The detection of extra dimensions in current experiments is beyond those four dimensions observed so far.

Over the past few years, a lot of attention was received on cosmological models in which space-time has more than five dimensions. The field of cosmology has been highly enriched by the Kaluza-Klein theory [7, 8], in which they have shown that gravitation and electromagnetism could be unified in a single geometrical structure. Chodos and Detweiler obtained a higher-dimensional cosmological model in which an extra dimension contracts and indicates that this contraction of extra dimension is a consequence of cosmological evolution [9]. Guth and Alvarez and Gavela noticed that during contraction process extra dimensions produce massive amount of entropy, which provides an alternative resolution to the flatness and horizon problems as compared to the usual inflationary scenario [10, 11]. A number of authors [12–22] obtained the solutions of Einstein’s field equations for higher-dimensional space-times containing a variety of matter fields. In their analysis, some authors have shown that there is an expansion of the four-dimensional space-times while the fifth dimension contracts or remains constant.

The concept of a variable gravitational constant was first proposed by Dirac in 1937 [23]. In 1985, Lau proposed modifications linking the variation of with that of in the framework of general relativity [24]. This modification allows us the form of Einstein’s field equations formally unchanged since a variation in is accompanied by a variation of . The present approach is noncovariant, and Einstein’s field equations cannot be obtained from a Hamiltonian. This approach solves many cosmological problems, namely, cosmological constant problem, initial singularity problem, and inflationary universe scenario.

A limited number of authors studied cosmological models in higher-dimensional space-time with variable gravitational constant “” and cosmological constant “” [25–29]. Such five-dimensional space-times are also widely studied in the braneworld scenario and are useful to investigate ([30] and references therein) the geodesic deviation and the kinematics of geodesic flows in the background of such geometries.

Motivated by the above investigation, we investigate physically sound cosmological models in five-dimensional Kaluza-Klein space-times with variable and in this paper. For this purpose, we solve Einstein’s field equations for five-dimensional Kaluza-Klein space-time in the presence of perfect fluid with time dependent and .

2. Einstein’s Field Equations for Kaluza-Klein Space-Times

The five-dimensional Kaluza-Klein space-time is described by [29] The Einstein’s field equations with time-dependent gravitational and cosmological “constants” are given by Energy momentum tensor for a one-fluid source is with where is the energy density and is the isotropic pressure of the fluid.

From WMAP (Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe) data present, overall energy density of the universe is very low, roughly 9.9 × 10⁻³⁰ grams per cubic centimeter. This mass-energy appears to consist of 73% dark energy, 23% cold dark matter, and 4% ordinary visible matter. The gravitational constant () is given by approximately 6.67 × 10⁻¹¹ m/kg², and in terms of Planck units, as a natural dimensionless value, the cosmological constant () is on the order of 10⁻¹²³.

is the five-velocity of the time-like vector satisfying (4). The off-diagonal equations of (2) together with energy conditions imply that Using (2), (3), and (5), surviving field equations (1) are where the dots denote differentiation with respect to . The usual conservation law for Einstein’s field equation (;, i.e., semicolon, denotes covariant divergence) implies In Einstein’s theory, the principle of equivalence requires that and do not enter the equation of motion of particles and photons; that is, only must enter them. The vanishing of the covariant divergence of the Einstein tensor in (2) and using (9), we obtain These are four equations ((6)–(9) or (10)) in six unknowns. Thus to get a solution, we require two additional relations. These relations may be taken to involve field variables as well as physical variables. In the following sections, we will explore the possibility of finding physically meaningful solutions of the field equations subject to specified geometrical and physical conditions.

3. Solutions of Field Equations

One of the relations is the equation of state From (7) and (8) an equation connecting and is obtained: Integrating (12), we obtain where is an integration constant. Using (13) and the transformation where is the function of time , and are expressed in terms of as follows: where and are integration constants. Using (15), the resulting solution of field equations ((6)–(11)) can be expressed in terms of as follows: The cosmological parameters are given by The jerk parameter in cosmology is defined as the dimensionless third derivative of the field parameters with respect to cosmic time; we can write it as Here, we have noticed that for all cases mentioned below. We come across three types of situation depending upon the parameter .

Case I. In this case , , , , , , , and is not defined, where , , and . Here , , , and are constant and for , , , and become significant. For , increases and the extra dimension decreases exponentially with time, and we retrieved the solution obtained by Arbab [31].

Case II. . In this case , , , , , , , and . Putting , we retrieved the solution obtained by Baysal and Yilmaz [29].

Case III. . In this case, , , , , , , , and , where , .

For , the jerk parameter reduces to value . This value is equivalent to the value obtained from the combination of the three kinematical data sets: the gold sample of Type Ia supernova [4], the SNIa data from the SNLS project [32] and the X-ray galaxy cluster distance measurement [33].

For , shows the condition of expansion. The expansion scalar as ; that is, the universe is expanding as time increases, and the rate of expansion is slowing down with increasing time . Also, for , the shear tends to zero as time increases. For , the ratio does not drop to zero as , which implies that shear does not tend to zero faster than the expansion scalar. This indicates that the model presented above remains anisotropic and our solution represents the early stage of evolution of the universe. For , the ratio tends to zero as , which implies that the model isotropies as time increases. The deceleration parameter is negative for , shows the inflationary character of the model in early stage of the universe.

At the present epoch, the extra dimension has no significant effect on the evolution of the universe. The extra dimension must have become insignificant with increasing time after the creation. For our model, and , the dimension increases and extra dimension decreases exponentially with time . This indicates that the extra dimension becomes insignificant as , and we are left with the real four-dimensional universe.

For and , approaches to as and becomes insignificant for , where . For , initially increases till it attains its maximum value and decreases monotonically afterwards. For , the cosmological constant is a nonnegative decreasing function of time .

The gravitational constant approaches to as . For , is nonnegative decreasing function of time and becomes zero for . for and decreases with time .

The density decreases with time , and its value depends upon the value of the parameters and . For , and diverge and the density is constant for all . In this phase, the universe is static in nature. However, in order to investigate the evolution of kinematical quantities, namely, expansion scalar , shear , and rotation , as mentioned above, one needs to solve the corresponding Raychaudhuri equations [34, 35].

4. Conclusion

In the forgoing sections, we have presented five-dimensional Kaluza-Klein cosmological models with a variable gravitational constant and cosmological constant . We obtained the solution of Einstein’s field equations by assuming the transformation and equation of state . We investigated three different cases giving the particular value of as constants, and . We rediscovered the solution obtained [31] for = constant. The cosmological solutions of Baysal and Yilmaz [29] are retrieved from our model for .

For , we obtain class of cosmological models, where gravitational constant decreases with time . Also, the cosmological constant decreases with time , which is supported by results from recent supernovae Ia observations and matches its natural units. This supports views that favor the dependence , as expressed by several authors ([34] and see references therein). In our models, the ratio does not drop to zero as , which implies that the model presented above remains anisotropic and our solution represents the early stage of evolution of the universe.

Conflict of Interests

The author declares that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper.

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