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New bulk scalar field solutions in brane worlds

M. Parry, S. Pichler

hep-pharXiv:hep-ph/0410025

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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