Published March 21, 2003 | Version v1
Journal article

Scalar normal modes of higher-dimensional gravitating kinks

  • 1. Institute of Theoretical Physics, University of Lausanne, BSP-1015 Dorigny, Lausanne (Switzerland)

Description

The scalar normal modes of higher-dimensional gravitating kink solutions are derived. By perturbing to second order the gravity and matter parts of the action in the background of a five-dimensional kink, the effective Lagrangian of the scalar fluctuations is derived and diagonalized in terms of a single degree of freedom which is invariant under infinitesimal diffeomorphisms. The spectrum of the normal modes is discussed and applied to the analysis of short distance corrections to Newton's law

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Available online at http://stacks.iop.org/0264-9381/20/1063/q30603.pdf or at the Web site for the journal Classical and Quantum Gravity (ISSN 1361-6382) http://www.iop.org/

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Journal Title
Classical and Quantum Gravity
Journal Volume
20
Journal Issue
6
Journal Page Range
p. 1063-1076
ISSN
0264-9381
CODEN
CQGRDG

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