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Kerr-Schild Double Copy of the Randall-Sundrum Black String

High Energy Physics - Theory 2026-04-08 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

We construct the Kerr-Schild classical double copy of the black string in the Randall-Sundrum II model, deriving the single and zeroth copies, and verifying the associated field equations. The single copy gauge field is independent of the holographic coordinate and satisfies a sourceless Maxwell equation on the curved background, in direct analogy with the Coulomb field of the Schwarzschild double copy. The zeroth copy scalar obeys a modified Klein-Gordon equation with a first-order derivative term along the extra dimension; a field redefinition yields a standard Klein-Gordon equation with effective mass m2=12/l2m^2 = 12/l^2, induced by the warp factor. We further show that an alternative Kerr-Schild splitting, gravitationally equivalent to the canonical one, produces a physically inequivalent double copy: the gauge field is supported by a conserved but delocalized bulk current, and the zeroth copy satisfies a massless equation that carries no imprint of the warped extra dimension.

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@article{arxiv.2604.05447,
  title  = {Kerr-Schild Double Copy of the Randall-Sundrum Black String},
  author = {Jesús A. Rodríguez},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2604.05447},
  year   = {2026}
}

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