Dimensional Reduction Caused by a Cosmological Constant

Nov, 1985
3 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Lett.B 167 (1986) 286-288
  • Published: 1986
Report number:
  • DTP-85/17

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Abstract: (Elsevier)
It is shown that a general class of solutions to Einstein's empty-space equation, with a cosmological constant, give automatic confinement of a scalar field to an approximately flat space of one dimension less.
  • Einstein equation
  • FIELD EQUATIONS: SOLUTION
  • COSMOLOGICAL CONSTANT
  • FIELD THEORY: SCALAR
  • FIELD THEORY: compactification
  • FIELD THEORY: CONFINEMENT
  • FIELD THEORY: THREE-DIMENSIONAL