Can codimension-two branes solve the cosmological constant problem?
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Can codimension - two branes solve the cosmological constant problem ?
It has been suggested that codimension-two braneworlds might naturally explain the vanishing of the 4D effective cosmological constant, due to the automatic relation between the deficit angle and the brane tension. To investigate whether this cancellation happens dynamically, and within the context of a realistic cosmology, we study a codimension-two braneworld with spherical extra dimensions c...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Physical Review D
سال: 2004
ISSN: 1550-7998,1550-2368
DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.70.083514