Published July 21, 1983
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Journal article
Quantum instability of dimensional reduction
Creators
- 1. Yale Univ., New Haven, CT (USA). Dept. of Physics
Description
We study the question of whether quantum effects can cause certain classically allowed patterns of dimensional reduction to become unstable. In particular, in the case of general relativity with d toroidally compact dimensions in D-dimensional space-time, we show by means of a one-loop effective potential computation that the only stable possibility is for one of the d dimensions to contract and the other (d-1) dimensions to expand. (orig.)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Phys. Lett., B
- Journal Volume
- 127
- Journal Issue
- 1/2
- Series
- CODEN: PYLBA.;Phys. Lett., B.
- Journal Page Range
- 51-54
- ISSN
- 0370-2693
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Netherlands
- Country of Input or Organization
- Netherlands
- INIS RN
- 14800345
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- GENERAL RELATIVITY THEORY; INSTABILITY; MANY-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS; POTENTIALS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; SCALE DIMENSION; SPACE-TIME
- Descriptors DEC
- FIELD THEORIES
Optional Information
- Contract/Grant/Project number
- Contract DE-AC02-76ER03075