Domain walls without cosmological constant in higher order gravity.

نویسندگان

  • K A Meissner
  • M Olechowski
چکیده

We consider a class of higher order corrections in the form of Euler densities of arbitrary rank n to the standard gravity action in D dimensions. We present a generating functional and an explicit form of the conserved energy-momentum tensors. We show that this class of corrections allows for domain-wall solutions despite the presence of higher powers of the curvature. The existence of such solutions no longer depends on the presence of cosmological constants. For example, the Randall-Sundrum-type scenario can be realized without bulk and/or brane cosmological constant.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Physical review letters

دوره 86 17  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2001