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gr-qc2007
The Meaning of Dimensions
Paul S. Wesson
We review the current status of dimensions, as the result of a long and controversial history that includes input from philosophy and physics. Our conclusion is that they are subje…
astro-ph2007★ 24 cited
Decaying Dark Energy in Higher-Dimensional Gravity
J. M. Overduin, P. S. Wesson, B. Mashhoon
We use data from observational cosmology to put constraints on higher-dimensional extensions of general relativity in which the effective four-dimensional dark-energy density (or c…
gr-qc2007★ 18 cited
An Embedding for General Relativity and its Implications for New Physics
Bahram Mashhoon, Paul Wesson
We show that any solution of the 4D Einstein equations of general relativity in vacuum with a cosmological constant may be embedded in a solution of the 5D Ricci-flat equations wit…