Modified brane cosmologies with induced gravity, arbitrary matter content, and a Gauss-Bonnet term in the bulk
- Departament de Fisica, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Cra. Valldemossa Km 7.5, E-07122 Palma de Mallorca (Spain)
- University of Athens, Department of Physics, University Campus, Zographou 157 84, Athens (Greece)
We extend the covariant analysis of the brane cosmological evolution in order to take into account, apart from a general matter content and an induced-gravity term on the brane, a Gauss-Bonnet term in the bulk. The gravitational effect of the bulk matter on the brane evolution can be described in terms of the total bulk mass as measured by a bulk observer at the location of the brane. This mass appears in the effective Friedmann equation through a term characterized as generalized dark radiation that induces mirage effects in the evolution. We discuss the normal and self-accelerating branches of the combined system. We also derive the Raychaudhuri equation that can be used in order to determine if the cosmological evolution is accelerating.
- OSTI ID:
- 21032476
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review. D, Particles Fields, Vol. 76, Issue 8; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.76.084029; (c) 2007 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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