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New bulk scalar field solutions in brane worlds

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2009-11-10 v1 Astrophysics

Abstract

We use nonlinear perturbation theory to obtain new solutions for brane world models that incorporate a massive bulk scalar field. We then consider tensor perturbations and show that Newtonian gravity is recovered on the brane for both a light scalar field and for a bulk field with large negative mass. This latter result points to the viability of higher-derivative theories of gravity in the context of bulk extra dimensions.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0410025,
  title  = {New bulk scalar field solutions in brane worlds},
  author = {M. Parry and S. Pichler},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0410025},
  year   = {2009}
}

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4+\epsilon pages, no figures

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