Eur. Phys. J. C (2014) 74: 3045
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-014-3045-6

Regular Article - Theoretical Physics

Radion cosmology and stabilization

¹ IUCAA, Ganeshkhind, Pune University Campus, Post Bag 4, Pune, 411 007, India
² Department of Theoretical Physics, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata, 700032, India

^* e-mail: sumantac.physics@gmail.com

Received: 29 April 2014
Accepted: 27 August 2014
Published online: 11 September 2014

Abstract

We solve the Einstein equation in five-dimensional space-time for Randall–Sundrum Brane world model with time dependent radion field to study the variation of brane scale factor with time. We have shown that as the radion field decreases with time compactifying the extra dimension, the scale factor increases exponentially with time leading to an inflationary scenario. We have also proposed a time dependent generalization of the Goldberger–Wise moduli stabilization mechanism to explain the time evolution of the radion field to reach a stable value, after which the scale factor on the brane exits from inflationary expansion.