Causal structure and gravitational waves in brane world cosmology
- Department of Astronomy, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033 (Japan)
- Department of Astronomical Science, the Graduate University for Advanced Studies, 2-21-1, Osawa, Mitaka, Tokyo 181-8588 (Japan)
The causal structure of the flat brane universe of RSII type is reinvestigated to clarify the boundary conditions for stochastic gravitational waves. In terms of the Gaussian normal coordinate of the brane, a singularity of the equation for gravitational waves appears in the bulk. We show that this singularity corresponds to the 'seam singularity' which is a singular subspace on the brane universe. Based upon the causal structure, we discuss the boundary conditions for gravitational waves in the bulk. Introducing a null coordinate, we propose a numerical procedure to solve gravitational waves with appropriate boundary conditions and show some examples of our numerical results. This procedure could be also applied in scalar type perturbations. The problem in the choice of the initial condition for gravitational waves is briefly discussed.
- OSTI ID:
- 20705239
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review. D, Particles Fields, Vol. 70, Issue 6; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.70.064017; (c) 2004 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0556-2821
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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