Does Unruh radiation accelerate the universe? A novel approach to dark energy
Astrophysics, abstract
astro-ph/0607531
From: Hongsheng Zhang [view email]
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 00:33:52 GMT (34kb)
Does Unruh radiation accelerate the universe? A novel approach to dark energy
Authors: Hongsheng Zhang, Zong-Hong Zhu
Comments: 4 pages, 1 eps figure
Report-no: BNU/0771-2006
In braneworld scenario, the brane accelerates in the bulk, and hence it perceives a thermal bulk filled with Unruh radiation. We put forward that there may be an energy exchange between Unruh radiation in the bulk and the dark matter confined to the brane, which accelerates the universe.
http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0607531