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Cascading Gravity: Extending the Dvali-Gabadadze-Porrati Model to Higher Dimension

We present a higher codimension generalization of the DGP scenario which, unlike previous attempts, is free of ghost instabilities. The 4D propagator is made regular by embedding our visible 3-brane within a 4-brane, each with their own induced gravity terms, in a flat 6D bulk. The model is ghost-fr...

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Autores principales: de Rham, Claudia, Dvali, Gia, Hofmann, Stefan, Khoury, Justin, Pujolas, Oriol, Redi, Michele, Tolley, Andrew J.
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.251603
http://cds.cern.ch/record/1069227
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Sumario:We present a higher codimension generalization of the DGP scenario which, unlike previous attempts, is free of ghost instabilities. The 4D propagator is made regular by embedding our visible 3-brane within a 4-brane, each with their own induced gravity terms, in a flat 6D bulk. The model is ghost-free if the tension on the 3-brane is larger than a certain critical value, while the induced metric remains flat. The gravitational force law `cascades' from a 6D behavior at the largest distances followed by a 5D and finally a 4D regime at the shortest scales.