2025/03/23 by Molin Liu, Xi Zhou, Liu, Molin +2
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #FOS: Physical sciences #General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc) #Geophysics and Gravity Measurements
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2503.17968
openalex publication_date 2025/03/23 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
In brane world scenarios, it is generally accepted that electromagnetic waves (EMWs) are confined to propagate along the brane, while gravitational waves (GWs) are free to travel through the bulk. This distinction has been utilized in various studies addressing the cosmological horizon problem in the literature. In this paper, we employ general bulk-based formalisms to re-examine this problem, specifically focusing on the influence of non-zero Schwarzschild mass on the geodesics. We begin with the Lagrangian of test particles and employ the method of variation of action to derive the equations of motion. Our findings reveal that the Schwarzschild mass significantly affects the ratio of the gravitational horizon to the photon horizon. In the low-energy regime, we can obtain a constraint on the constant curvature radius of anti-de Sitter, i.e. l H0 \lesssim 10-29. This finding is consistent with existing literature. However, in the high-energy regime the ratio rg/rγ increases by thirty orders of magnitude, reaching up to 1033. Furthermore, when we take into account the nucleosynthesis constraint σ1/4 < 1 MeV, the ratio is further enhanced to 1040. Our results indicate that a non-zero Schwarzschild mass significantly influences the gravity of the brane world. Some of these effects may be leveraged to address or mitigate the standard problems that encountered in the conventional universe.