Higher codimension braneworlds from intersecting branes
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چکیده
We study the matching conditions of intersecting brane worlds in Lovelock gravity in arbitrary dimension. We show that intersecting various codimension 1 and/or codimension 2 branes one can find solutions that represent energymomentum densities localized in the intersection, providing thus the first examples of infinitesimally thin higher codimension braneworlds that are free of singularities and where the backreaction of the brane in the background is fully taken into account. IPPP/04/06 DCPT/04/12 hep-th/0402204 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected]
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