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Vector field localization and negative tension branes

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

Abstract

It is shown that negative tension branes in higher dimensions may lead to an effective lower dimensional theory where the gauge-invariant vector fields associated with the fluctuations of the metric are always massless and localized on the brane. Explicit five-dimensional examples of this phenomenon are provided. Furthermore, it is shown that higher dimensional gauge fields can also be localized on these configurations with the zero mode separated from the massive tower by a gap.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0204235,
  title  = {Vector field localization and negative tension branes},
  author = {Massimo Giovannini},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0204235},
  year   = {2009}
}

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16 pages, LaTeX style; to appear in Phys. Rev. D

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