TY - JOUR
T1 - Quantum vacuum energy and singularity-free Kaluza-Klein cosmology
AU - Koikawa, T.
AU - Yoshimura, M.
PY - 1985/5/23
Y1 - 1985/5/23
N2 - We present a class of cosmological models in which vacuum collapse to curvature singularity is prevented by the generalized gravitational Casimir energy. The mechanism works in higher dimensions, and gives rise to Kaluza-Klein cosmologies free from singularity.
AB - We present a class of cosmological models in which vacuum collapse to curvature singularity is prevented by the generalized gravitational Casimir energy. The mechanism works in higher dimensions, and gives rise to Kaluza-Klein cosmologies free from singularity.
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U2 - 10.1016/0370-2693(85)90973-6
DO - 10.1016/0370-2693(85)90973-6
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33744665999
VL - 155
SP - 137
EP - 142
JO - Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
JF - Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
SN - 0370-2693
IS - 3
ER -