https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s2004-02056-3
theoretical physics
The evolution of the universe from non-compact Kaluza-Klein theory
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Instituto de Física y Matemáticas, AP: 2-82, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, (58040), Morelia, Michoacán, México
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Departamento de Física, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata and Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONICET), Funes 3350, (7600), Mar del Plata, Argentina
* e-mail: edgar@itzel.ifm.umich.mx
We develop a 5D mechanism, inspired by Campbell’s theorem, to explain the (neutral scalar field governed) evolution of the universe from an initially inflationary expansion that has a change of phase towards a decelerated expansion and thereafter evolves towards the present day observed accelerated (quintessential) expansion.
© Springer-Verlag, 2004
