Dimensionality in the Freund–Rubin cosmology

Zhong Chao Wu
2004 Physics Letters B  
In the n-dimensional Freund-Rubin model with an antisymmetric tensor field of rank s − 1, the dimension of the external spacetime we live in must be min(s, n − s). This result is a generalization of the previous result in the d = 11 supergravity case, where s = 4.  2004 Elsevier B.V.
doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2003.12.078 fatcat:zsxfhofpjbafll3litrhuvhpey