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Fluctuating brane in a dilatonic bulk

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-11-07 v1 Astrophysics General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

We consider a cosmological brane moving in a static five-dimensional bulk spacetime endowed with a scalar field whose potential is exponential. After studying various cosmological behaviours for the homogeneous background, we investigate the fluctuations of the brane that leave spacetime unaffected. A single mode embodies these fluctuations and obeys a wave equation which we study for bouncing and ever-expanding branes.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0212067,
  title  = {Fluctuating brane in a dilatonic bulk},
  author = {Philippe Brax and David Langlois and Maria Rodriguez-Martinez},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0212067},
  year   = {2009}
}

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17 pages, 7 figures, revtex