We propose a mechanism for the origin of matter in the universe in the framework of Einstein–Gauss–Bonnet gravity in higher dimensions. The new static black hole solution recently discovered by the authors,1 with the Kaluza–Klein split of space–time as a product of the usual [Formula: see text] with a space of negative constant curvature, is indeed a pure gravitational creation of a black hole which is also endowed with a Maxwell-like gravitational charge in four-dimensional vacuum space–time. This solution has been further generalized to include radially flowing radiation, which means that extra-dimensional curvature also produces matter distribution asymptotically, resembling charged null dust. The static black hole could thus be envisioned as being formed from anti–de Sitter space–time by the collapse of radially inflowing charged null dust. It thus establishes the remarkable reciprocity between matter and gravity — as matter produces gravity (curvature), gravity produces matter. After the Kaluza–Klein generation of the Maxwell field, this is the first instance of realization of matter without matter in the classical framework.
A black hole solution of higher-dimensional Weyl-Yang-Kaluza-Klein theory
