Scalar normal modes of higher dimensional gravitating kinks
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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 invariant under infinitesimal diffeomorphisms. The spectrum of the normal modes is discussed and applied to the analysis of short distance corrections to Newton law. Preprint Number: IPT-UNIl-02-8 Electronic address: [email protected] 1
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تاریخ انتشار 2002