Document Type
Article - post-print
Publication Date
3-2011
Abstract
Lower dimensionality at higher energies has manifold theoretical advantages as recently pointed out by Anchordoqui et al. [arXiv:1003.5914]. Moreover, it appears that experimental evidence may already exist for it: A statistically significant planar alignment of events with energies higher than TeV has been observed in some earlier cosmic ray experiments. We propose a robust and independent test for this new paradigm. Since ( 2 + 1 )-dimensional spacetimes have no gravitational degrees of freedom, gravity waves cannot be produced in that epoch. This places a universal maximum frequency at which primordial waves can propagate, marked by the transition between dimensions. We show that this cutoff frequency may be accessible to future gravitational wave detectors such as the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna
Publisher Statement
This is an author-manuscript of an article accepted for publication in Physical Review Letters following peer review. The version of record is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.101101.
Repository Citation
Mureika, J. and Stojkovic, D., "Detecting Vanishing Dimensions via Primordial Gravitational Wave Astronomy," Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 101101 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.101101.
