Published September 1, 2010
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Journal article
Graviton confinement inside hypermonopoles of any dimension
- 1. Institute of Mathematics and Physics, Centre for Cosmology, Particle Physics and Phenomenology, Louvain University, 2 Chemin du Cyclotron, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium)
Description
We show the generic existence of metastable massive gravitons in the four-dimensional core of self-gravitating hypermonopoles in any number of infinite-volume extra-dimensions. Confinement is observed for Higgs and gauge bosons couplings of the order unity. Provided these resonances are light enough, they may realise the Dvali-Gabadadze-Porrati mechanism by inducing a four-dimensional gravity law on some intermediate length scales. The effective four-dimensional Planck mass is shown to be proportional to a negative power of the graviton mass. As a result, requiring gravity to be four-dimensional on cosmological length scales may solve the mass hierarchy problem
Availability note (English)
Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2010/09/015Additional details
Identifiers
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
- Journal Volume
- 2010
- Journal Issue
- 09
- Journal Page Range
- p. 015
- ISSN
- 1475-7516
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 45096782
- Subject category
- S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
- Descriptors DEI
- COSMOLOGY; FOUR-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS; GRAVITATION; GRAVITONS; HIGGS BOSONS; HIGGS MODEL; MONOPOLES; RESONANCE; REST MASS; VISIBLE RADIATION
- Descriptors DEC
- BOSONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; GRAVITATIONAL RADIATION; MASS; MASSLESS PARTICLES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLE MODELS; POSTULATED PARTICLES; RADIATIONS