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4D gravity on a brane from bulk higher-curvature terms

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-11-10 v3

Abstract

We study a gravity model where a tensionful codimension-one three-brane is embedded on a bulk with infinite transverse length. We find that 4D gravity is induced on the brane already at the classical level if we include higher-curvature (Gauss-Bonnet) terms in the bulk. Consistency conditions appear to require a negative brane tension as well as a negative coupling for the higher-curvature terms.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0405038,
  title  = {4D gravity on a brane from bulk higher-curvature terms},
  author = {Olindo Corradini},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0405038},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

10 pages, no figures; a minor change in wording (to appear in MPLA)