Published June 15, 1984 | Version v1
Journal article

Entropy from extra dimensions

  • 1. Department of Physics, FM-15 University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195

Description

Heating may result from the collapse of the extra compact dimension in Kaluza-Klein cosmologies. This interesting phenomenon was pointed out in a recent letter by Alvarez and Gavela. Here we correct and clarify the physical interpretation of this effect

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Phys. Rev., D
Journal Volume
29
Journal Issue
12
Series
Phys. Rev., D.
Journal Page Range
2779-2782
ISSN
0556-2821

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
16025661
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Descriptors DEI
COSMOLOGY; ENTROPY; KALUZA-KLEIN THEORY; METRICS; POLARIZATION; SPACE-TIME; TIME DEPENDENCE; UNIVERSE
Descriptors DEC
FIELD THEORIES; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; UNIFIED-FIELD THEORIES