Published January 12, 2009 | Version v1
Journal article

Massive gravitons trapped inside a hypermonopole

  • 1. Theoretical and Mathematical Physics Group, Centre for Particle Physics and Phenomenology, Louvain University, 2 Chemin du Cyclotron, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium)

Description

We propose a regular classical field theory realisation of the Dvali-Gabadadze-Porrati mechanism by considering our universe to be the four-dimensional core of a seven-dimensional 't Hooft-Polyakov hypermonopole. We show the existence of metastable gravitons trapped in the core. Their mass spectrum is discrete, positive definite, and computed for various values of the field coupling constants: the resulting Newton gravity law is seven-dimensional at small and large distances but can be made four-dimensional on intermediate length scales. There is no need of a cosmological constant in the bulk, the spacetime is asymptotically flat and of infinite volume in the extra-dimensions. Confinement is achieved through the local positive curvature of the extra-dimensions induced by the monopole-forming fields and for natural values of the coupling constants of order unity

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2008.11.052

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.physletb.2008.11.052;
arXiv
arXiv:0809.0464v1;
PII
S0370-2693(08)01417-2;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physics Letters. Section B
Journal Volume
671
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 158-161
ISSN
0370-2693
CODEN
PYLBAJ

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Copyright (c) 2008 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.