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A popular physics explanation of the ekpyrotic model of universe creation
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SPACE.com Brane-Storm Challenges Part of Big Bang Theory See how branes would exist in a fifth dimension and create an Ekpyrotic Universe. Astrophysics Challenged By Dark Energy Finding Big Bang Theory Warmed by Ancient Heat Discovery Evidence of Big Bang Gas Found at Galactic Center Harvard M.D.Challenges Big...The purpose of this workshop will be to offer the opportunity to discuss issues such as the connection with M-theory and cosmological perturbations in the ekpyrotic scenario.
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WORKSHOP on the EKPYROTIC UNIVERSE The ekpyrotic universe is a recently proposed alternative to the inflationary scenario in cosmology. Its origin springs from the physics of extended objects (branes) in models with more than four dimensions. The purpose of this workshop will be to offer...An informal introduction to the models of the universe which use higher dimension branes.
http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0204479
This lecture presents the cosmological models with extra dimensions that have been recently elaborated, which assume that ordinary matter is confined on a surface, called brane, embedded in a higher dimensional spacetime.
http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0301022
A scientific american article on the brane-world models of the Universe
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Science Technology at Scientific American.com: A Recycled Universe Crashing branes and cosmic acceleration may power an infinite cycle in which our universe is but a phase Crashing branes and cosmic acceleration may power an infinite cycle in which our universe is but a phase By JR Minkel and George Musser 1 2 3 next Images: after animation by Paul SteinhardtA UNIVERSAL CYCLE of birth and rebirth...An article from Sky & Telescope on the ekpyrotic universe model.
http://skyandtelescope.com/news/current/article_592_1.asp
Extra spatial dimensions--beyond the three we know--might exist, while being invisible to most experiments.
http://focus.aps.org/v4/st28.html
The aim of these lectures is to give a brief introduction to brane cosmology
http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0202044
A lecture on colliding branes and the origin of the hot big bang by Paul Steinhardt
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2001: A Spacetime Odyssey Steinhardt Index Colliding branes and the origin of the hot big bang Paul Steinhardt Select desired lecture format View using RealPlayer plugin View using RealPlayer detached(Recommended for Unix users) Go directly to the starting slide Pre-cache slides (for slow links) This web-lecture...A one page article on the search for evidence of higher dimensions.
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Search for Extra Dimensions We know very well that the world around us is three-dimensional. We know East from West, North from South, up from down what extra dimensions could there possibly be if we never see them? Well, it turns out that we...The purpose of this manuscript is to provide a pedagogical account of the brane technology so that the relativists can use branes in their study.
http://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0108046