D-term inflation at the TeV scale and large internal dimensions

We show that D-term inflation at the TeV scale is possible in the presence of large internal dimensions. This requires very small couplings and masses which arise from the I;uge size of the compact dimensions. We show that acceptable number of e-folds, magnitude and spectrum of density perturbations delta rho/rho and eta can be obtained in this scenario at the price of a reheating temperature which is too high. Demanding an acceptable T-R results in very small density perturbations. (C) 1999 Published by Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.