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Indexed by: Journal Article

Date of Publication: 2005-12-28

Journal: MODERN PHYSICS LETTERS A

Included Journals: Scopus、SCIE

Volume: 20

Issue: 40

Page Number: 3105-3114

ISSN: 0217-7323

Key Words: Kaluza-Klein theory; cosmology

Abstract: We study the accelerating expansion and the induced dark energy of the 5D Ricci-flat universe which is characterized by having a big bounce as opposed to a big bang. We show that the arbitrary function mu(t) contained in the 5D solutions can be rewritten in terms of the redshift z as a new arbitrary function f (z), and we find that there is a correspondence between this f (z) and the potential V(phi) of the 4D quintessence models. Using this correspondence, the arbitrary function f (z) and the 5D solution could be specified for a given form of the potential V(phi).