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16 pages, 363 KiB  
Article
Spontaneous Brane Formation
by Arkadiy A. Popov and Sergey G. Rubin
Symmetry 2025, 17(2), 252; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym17020252 - 7 Feb 2025
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This paper presents a study of brane formation in six-dimensional space. There is no a priori assumption of the existence of brane(s). However, an analysis of the generalized Einstein equations shows that there is a set of metrics describing two static branes even [...] Read more.
This paper presents a study of brane formation in six-dimensional space. There is no a priori assumption of the existence of brane(s). However, an analysis of the generalized Einstein equations shows that there is a set of metrics describing two static branes even in the absence of matter fields. At the same time, no one-brane configurations were found. The trapping of massive particles on branes is a consequence of the metric structure, which prevents these particles from moving between branes. It is shown that communication between charged particles on different branes is provided by photons. Such positron–electron annihilation could be studied experimentally at the LHC collider. The Higgs field is distributed between the branes in such a way that it can serve as a Higgs portal connecting two worlds located on different branes. The values of the 4D physical parameters depend on the extra metric structure near the branes. We also found a non-trivial effect of the decompactification of extra space during the Hubble parameter variation. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Quantum Gravity and Cosmology: Exploring the Astroparticle Interface)
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New Localization Method of Abelian Gauge Fields on Bloch Branes
by Yi Zhong and Yun-Zhi Du
Universe 2023, 9(10), 450; https://doi.org/10.3390/universe9100450 - 16 Oct 2023
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In this paper, we study the localization of the five-dimensional U(1) gauge field coupled with a background scalar potential on symmetric and asymmetric degenerate Bloch branes. By decomposing the U(1) gauge field AM into its vector [...] Read more.
In this paper, we study the localization of the five-dimensional U(1) gauge field coupled with a background scalar potential on symmetric and asymmetric degenerate Bloch branes. By decomposing the U(1) gauge field AM into its vector part (A^M) and scalar components, we found that the Lagrangian of the five-dimensional U(1) gauge field can be rewritten as two independent parts: one for the vector field and the other for two scalar fields. Regarding the vector part, the effective potential exhibits a volcano-like shape with finite depth. We obtain a massless vector field on both types of Bloch branes and a set of massive KK resonances. For the scalar part, their massless modes are coupled with each other, while two sets of massive scalar KK modes are independent. Similar to the vector effective potential, the scalar potentials create infinite wells for both types of degenerate Bloch brane solutions. Therefore, there is only one independent massless scalar mode and two sets of massive scalar Kaluza–Klein resonances. Furthermore, we also observed that, for the two types of Bloch brane solutions, the asymmetric parameter c0 has different effects on the localization of scalar modes. Full article
(This article belongs to the Section High Energy Nuclear and Particle Physics)
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Quantum Black Holes in Conformal Dilaton–Higgs Gravity on Warped Spacetimes
by Reinoud Jan Slagter
Universe 2023, 9(9), 383; https://doi.org/10.3390/universe9090383 - 26 Aug 2023
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A promising method for understanding the geometric properties of a spacetime in the vicinity of the horizon of a Kerr-like black hole can be developed by applying the antipodal boundary condition on the two opposite regions in the extended Penrose diagram. By considering [...] Read more.
A promising method for understanding the geometric properties of a spacetime in the vicinity of the horizon of a Kerr-like black hole can be developed by applying the antipodal boundary condition on the two opposite regions in the extended Penrose diagram. By considering a conformally invariant Lagrangian on a Randall–Sundrum warped five-dimensional spacetime, an exact vacuum solution is found, which can be interpreted as an instanton solution on the Riemannian counterpart spacetime, R+2×R1×S1, where R+2 is conformally flat. The antipodal identification, which comes with a CPT inversion, is par excellence, suitable when quantum mechanical effects, such as the evaporation of a black hole by Hawking radiation, are studied. Moreover, the black hole paradoxes could be solved. By applying the non-orientable Klein surface, embedded in R4, there is no need for instantaneous transport of information. Further, the gravitons become “hard” in the bulk, which means that the gravitational backreaction on the brane can be treated without the need for a firewall. By splitting the metric in a product ω2g˜μν, where ω represents a dilaton field and g˜μν the conformally flat “un-physical” spacetime, one can better construct an effective Lagrangian in a quantum mechanical setting when one approaches the small-scale area. When a scalar field is included in the Lagrangian, a numerical solution is presented, where the interaction between ω and Φ is manifest. An estimate of the extra dimension could be obtained by measuring the elapsed traversal time of the Hawking particles on the Klein surface in the extra dimension. Close to the Planck scale, both ω and Φ can be treated as ordinary quantum fields. From the dilaton field equation, we obtain a mass term for the potential term in the Lagrangian, dependent on the size of the extra dimension. Full article
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Proceeding Paper
Entangled Dual Universe
by Mohammed B. Al-Fadhli
Phys. Sci. Forum 2023, 7(1), 56; https://doi.org/10.3390/ECU2023-14102 - 2 Mar 2023
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Advances in cosmology and astronomical observations have brought to light significant tensions and uncertainties within the current model of cosmology, which assumes a spatially flat Universe and is known as the ΛCDM model. Moreover, the Planck Legacy 2018 release has preferred that the [...] Read more.
Advances in cosmology and astronomical observations have brought to light significant tensions and uncertainties within the current model of cosmology, which assumes a spatially flat Universe and is known as the ΛCDM model. Moreover, the Planck Legacy 2018 release has preferred that the early Universe had a positive curvature with a confidence level more than 99%. This study reports a quantum mechanism that could potentially replace the concept of dark matter/energy by taking into the account the primordial curvature while generating the present-day spatial flatness. The approach incorporates the primordial curvature as the background curvature to extend the field equations into brane-world gravity. It utilizes a new wavefunction of the Universe that propagates in the bulk with respect to the scale factor and curvature radius of the early Universe upon the emission of the cosmic microwave background. The resulting wavefunction yields both positive and negative solutions, revealing the presence of a pair of entangled wavefunctions as a manifestation of the creation of matter and antimatter sides of the Universe. The wavefunction shows a nascent hyperbolic expansion away from early energy in opposite directions followed by a first decelerating expansion phase during the first ~10 Gyr and a subsequent accelerating expansion phase in reverse directions. During the second phase, both Universe sides are free-falling towards each other under gravitational acceleration. The simulation of the predicted background curvature evolution shows that the early curved background caused galaxies to experience external fields, resulting in the fast orbital speed of outer stars. Finally, the wavefunction predicts that the Universe will eventually undergo a rapid contraction phase resulting in a Big Crunch, which reveals a cyclic Universe. Full article
(This article belongs to the Proceedings of The 2nd Electronic Conference on Universe)
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Proceeding Paper
Gravitational, Electromagnetic and Quantum Interaction: From String to Cloud Theory
by Mohammed B. Al-Fadhli
Phys. Sci. Forum 2023, 7(1), 55; https://doi.org/10.3390/ECU2023-14063 - 18 Feb 2023
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The recent Planck Legacy 2018 release verified the presence of an enhanced lensing amplitude in the power spectra of the cosmic microwave background with a confidence level of over 99%, which implies that the early Universe had a positive curvature. In this study, [...] Read more.
The recent Planck Legacy 2018 release verified the presence of an enhanced lensing amplitude in the power spectra of the cosmic microwave background with a confidence level of over 99%, which implies that the early Universe had a positive curvature. In this study, the curvature of the early Universe is regarded as the curvature of 4D conformal bulk while celestial objects that induce a localized curvature in the bulk are considered as 4D relativistic cloud-worlds. Likewise, quantum fields are considered as 4D relativistic quantum clouds that are affected by the curvature of the bulk as a manifestation of gravity. This approach could eliminate the singularities and satisfy the conditions of a conformal invariance theory. Full article
(This article belongs to the Proceedings of The 2nd Electronic Conference on Universe)
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Proceeding Paper
The Morphology of the Active Galactic Nucleus and its Impact on Accretion Flows and Relativistic Jets
by Mohammed B. Al-Fadhli
Phys. Sci. Forum 2023, 7(1), 52; https://doi.org/10.3390/ECU2023-14026 - 15 Feb 2023
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The G2 gas cloud motion data and the scarcity of observations on the event horizon-scale distances have challenged the comprehensiveness of the central supermassive black hole model. In addition, the recent Planck Legacy 2018 release has confirmed the existence of an enhanced lensing [...] Read more.
The G2 gas cloud motion data and the scarcity of observations on the event horizon-scale distances have challenged the comprehensiveness of the central supermassive black hole model. In addition, the recent Planck Legacy 2018 release has confirmed the existence of an enhanced lensing amplitude in the cosmic microwave background power spectra, which prefers a positively curved early Universe with a confidence level higher than 99%. This study investigates the impact of the background curvature and its evolution over conformal time on the formation and morphological evolution of central compact objects and the consequent effect on their host galaxies. The formation of a galaxy from the collapse of a supermassive gas cloud in the early Universe is modelled based on interaction field equations as a 4D relativistic cloud-world that flows and spins through a 4D conformal bulk of a primordial positive curvature considering the preference of the Planck release. Owing to the curved background, the derived model reveal that the galaxy and its core are formed at the same process by undergoing a forced vortex formation with a central event horizon leading to opposite vortices (traversable wormholes) that spatially shrink while evolving in the conformal time. The model shows that the accretion flow into the supermassive compact objects only occurs at the central event horizon of the two opposite vortices while their other ends eject relativistic jets. The simulation of the early bulk curvature evolution into the present spatial flatness demonstrated the fast orbital speed of outer stars owing to external fields exerted on galaxies. Furthermore, the gravitational potential of the early curved bulk contributes to galaxy formation while the present spatial flatness deprives the bulk potential which can contribute to galaxy quenching. Accordingly, the model can explain the relativistic jet generation and the G2 gas cloud motion if its orbit is around one of the vortices but at a distance from the central event horizon. Finally, the formation of a galaxy and its core simultaneously could elucidate the growth of the supermassive compact galaxy cores to a mass of ~109 M at 6% of the current Universe age. Full article
(This article belongs to the Proceedings of The 2nd Electronic Conference on Universe)
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Article
Generation of Primordial Magnetic Fields from QED and Higgs-like Domain Walls in Einstein–Cartan Gravity
by L. C. Garcia de Andrade
Universe 2022, 8(12), 658; https://doi.org/10.3390/universe8120658 - 14 Dec 2022
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Spacetime torsion is known to be highly suppressed at the end of inflation, which is called preheating. This result was recently shown in (EPJ C (2022)) in the frame of Einstein–Cartan–Brans–Dicke inflation. In this paper, it is shown that a torsionful magnetogenesis in [...] Read more.
Spacetime torsion is known to be highly suppressed at the end of inflation, which is called preheating. This result was recently shown in (EPJ C (2022)) in the frame of Einstein–Cartan–Brans–Dicke inflation. In this paper, it is shown that a torsionful magnetogenesis in QED effective Lagrangean drives a torsion damping in order to be subsequently amplified by the dynamo effect after the generation of these magnetic fields seeds. This damping on amplification would depend upon the so-called torsion chirality. Here, a cosmic factor gkK is present where K is the contortion vector and k is the wave vector which is connected to the inverse of magnetic coherence length. In a second example, we find Higgs inlationary fields in Einstein–Cartan gravity thick domain walls (DWs). Recently, a modified Einstein–Cartan gravity was given by Shaposhnikov et al. [PRL (2020)] to obtain Higgs-like inflatons as a portal to dark energy. In the case of thick DW, we assume that there is a torsion squared influence, since we are in the early universe where torsion is not so weak as in the late universe as shown by Paul and SenGupta [EPJ C (2019)] in a 5D brane-world. A static DW solution is obtained when the inflationary potential vanishes and Higgs potential is a helical function. Recently, in the absence of inflation, domain wall dynamos were obtained in Einstein–Cartan gravity (EC) where the spins of the nucleons were orthogonal to the wall. Full article
(This article belongs to the Section Cosmology)
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Article
Chaos in a Magnetized Brane-World Spacetime Using Explicit Symplectic Integrators
by Airong Hu and Guoqing Huang
Universe 2022, 8(7), 369; https://doi.org/10.3390/universe8070369 - 4 Jul 2022
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A brane-world metric with an external magnetic field is a modified theory of gravity. It is suitable for the description of compact sources on the brane such as stars and black holes. We design a class of explicit symplectic integrators for this spacetime [...] Read more.
A brane-world metric with an external magnetic field is a modified theory of gravity. It is suitable for the description of compact sources on the brane such as stars and black holes. We design a class of explicit symplectic integrators for this spacetime and use one of the integrators to investigate how variations of the parameters affect the motion of test particles. When the magnetic field does not vanish, the integrability of the system is destroyed. Thus, the onset of chaos can be allowed under some circumstances. Chaos easily occurs when the electromagnetic parameter becomes large enough. Dark matter acts as a gravitational force, so that chaotic motion can become more obvious as dark matter increases. The gravity of the black hole is weakened with an increasing positive cosmological parameter; therefore, the extent of chaos can be also strengthened. The proposed symplectic integrator is applied to a ray-tracing method and the study of such chaotic dynamics will be a possible reference for future studies of brane-world black hole shadows with chaotic patterns of self-similar fractal structures based on the Event Horizon Telescope data for M87* and Sagittarius A*. Full article
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Review
Black Holes and Wormholes in Extended Gravity
by Stanislav Alexeyev and Maxim Sendyuk
Universe 2020, 6(2), 25; https://doi.org/10.3390/universe6020025 - 27 Jan 2020
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We discuss black hole type solutions and wormhole type ones in the effective gravity models. Such models appear during the attempts to construct the quantum theory of gravity. The mentioned solutions, being, mostly, the perturbative generalisations of well-known ones in general relativity, carry [...] Read more.
We discuss black hole type solutions and wormhole type ones in the effective gravity models. Such models appear during the attempts to construct the quantum theory of gravity. The mentioned solutions, being, mostly, the perturbative generalisations of well-known ones in general relativity, carry out additional set of parameters and, therefore could help, for example, in the studying of the last stages of Hawking evaporation, in extracting the possibilities for the experimental or observational search and in helping to constrain by astrophysical data. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Quantum Effects in General Relativity)
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35 pages, 414 KiB  
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Evaporation and Antievaporation Instabilities
by Andrea Addazi and Antonino Marciano
Symmetry 2017, 9(11), 249; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym9110249 - 26 Oct 2017
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We review (anti)evaporation phenomena within the context of quantum gravity and extended theories of gravity. The (anti)evaporation effect is an instability of the black hole horizon discovered in many different scenarios: quantum dilaton-gravity, f ( R ) -gravity, f ( T ) -gravity, [...] Read more.
We review (anti)evaporation phenomena within the context of quantum gravity and extended theories of gravity. The (anti)evaporation effect is an instability of the black hole horizon discovered in many different scenarios: quantum dilaton-gravity, f ( R ) -gravity, f ( T ) -gravity, string-inspired black holes, and brane-world cosmology. Evaporating and antievaporating black holes seem to have completely different thermodynamical features compared to standard semiclassical black holes. The purpose of this review is to provide an introduction to conceptual and technical aspects of (anti)evaporation effects, while discussing problems that are still open. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Symmetry: Feature Papers 2017)
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Article
Nonlinear Gravitational Waves as Dark Energy in Warped Spacetimes
by Reinoud Jan Slagter
Universe 2017, 3(1), 11; https://doi.org/10.3390/universe3010011 - 15 Feb 2017
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We find an azimuthal-angle dependent approximate wave like solution to second order on a warped five-dimensional manifold with a self-gravitating U(1) scalar gauge field (cosmic string) on the brane using the multiple-scale method. The spectrum of the several orders of approximation show maxima [...] Read more.
We find an azimuthal-angle dependent approximate wave like solution to second order on a warped five-dimensional manifold with a self-gravitating U(1) scalar gauge field (cosmic string) on the brane using the multiple-scale method. The spectrum of the several orders of approximation show maxima of the energy distribution dependent on the azimuthal-angle and the winding numbers of the subsequent orders of the scalar field. This breakup of the quantized flux quanta does not lead to instability of the asymptotic wavelike solution due to the suppression of the n-dependency in the energy momentum tensor components by the warp factor. This effect is triggered by the contribution of the five dimensional Weyl tensor on the brane. This contribution can be understood as dark energy and can trigger the self-acceleration of the universe without the need of a cosmological constant. There is a striking relation between the symmetry breaking of the Higgs field described by the winding number and the SO(2) breaking of the axially symmetric configuration into a discrete subgroup of rotations of about 180 . The discrete sequence of non-axially symmetric deviations, cancelled by the emission of gravitational waves in order to restore the SO(2) symmetry, triggers the pressure T z z for discrete values of the azimuthal-angle. There could be a possible relation between the recently discovered angle-preferences of polarization axes of quasars on large scales and our theoretical predicted angle-dependency and this could be evidence for the existence of cosmic strings. Careful comparison of this spectrum of extremal values of the first and second order φ-dependency and the distribution of the alignment of the quasar polarizations is necessary. This can be accomplished when more observational data become available. It turns out that, for late time, the vacuum 5D spacetime is conformally invariant if the warp factor fulfils the equation of a vibrating “drum”, describing standing normal modes of the brane. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Varying Constants and Fundamental Cosmology)
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