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BPS Domain Wall Junctions in Infinitely Large Extra Dimensions

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-10-31 v2 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

We consider models of scalar fields coupled to gravity which are higher-dimensional generalizations of four dimensional supergravity. We use these models to describe domain wall junctions in an anti-de Sitter background. We derive Bogomolnyi equations for the scalar fields from which the walls are constructed and for the metric. From these equations a BPS-like formula for the junction energy can be derived. We demonstrate that such junctions localize gravity in the presence of more than one uncompactified extra dimension.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9911083,
  title  = {BPS Domain Wall Junctions in Infinitely Large Extra Dimensions},
  author = {Sean M. Carroll and Simeon Hellerman and Mark Trodden},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9911083},
  year   = {2009}
}

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17 pages, uses RevTeX, new references added