An Alternative to Compactification

1999/06/08 by Lisa Randall, Raman Sundrum · 17 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena #hep-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevlett.83.4690

published as Phys.Rev.Lett.83:4690-4693,1999 · LaTex, 9 pages

arxiv created 1999/06/08 · openalex publication_date 1999/12/06 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/01

Abstract

Conventional wisdom states that Newton's force law implies only four noncompact dimensions. We demonstrate that this is not necessarily true in the presence of a nonfactorizable background geometry. The specific example we study is a single 3-brane embedded in five dimensions. We show that even without a gap in the Kaluza-Klein spectrum, four-dimensional Newtonian and general relativistic gravity is reproduced to more than adequate precision.

Citations

• Large Mass Hierarchy from a Small Extra Dimension
• The Hierarchy Problem and New Dimensions at a Millimeter

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