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Consistent Linearized Gravity in Brane Backgrounds

High Energy Physics - Theory 2008-11-26 v1

Abstract

A globally consistent treatment of linearized gravity in the Randall-Sundrum background with matter on the brane is formulated. Using a novel gauge, in which the transverse components of the metric are non-vanishing, the brane is kept straight. We analyze the gauge symmetries and identify the physical degrees of freedom of gravity. Our results underline the necessity for non-gravitational confinement of matter to the brane.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0004114,
  title  = {Consistent Linearized Gravity in Brane Backgrounds},
  author = {I. Ya. Aref'eva and M. G. Ivanov and W. Mueck and K. S. Viswanathan and I. V. Volovich},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0004114},
  year   = {2008}
}

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15 pages