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Dynamical Instabilities of the Randall-Sundrum Model

High Energy Physics - Theory 2012-10-23 v2 Astrophysics General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

We derive dynamical equations to describe a single 3-brane containing fluid matter and a scalar field coupling to the dilaton and the gravitational field in a five dimensional bulk. First, we show that a scalar field or an arbitrary fluid on the brane cannot evolve to cancel the cosmological constant in the bulk. Then we show that the Randall-Sundrum model is unstable under small deviations from the fine-tuning between the brane tension and the bulk cosmological constant and even under homogeneous gravitational perturbations. Implications for brane world cosmologies are discussed.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0102144,
  title  = {Dynamical Instabilities of the Randall-Sundrum Model},
  author = {Timon Boehm and Ruth Durrer and Carsten van de Bruck},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0102144},
  year   = {2012}
}

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12 pages, 2 figures

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