2001/06/28 by Frédéric Leblond, Frederic Leblond, Robert C. Myers +2
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Brane #Brane cosmology #Classical mechanics #Computer science #Consistency (knowledge bases) #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Discrete mathematics #Extra dimensions #Mathematics #Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories #Physics #Quantum mechanics #Realization (probability) #Space (punctuation) #Spacetime #Statistics #Tension (geology) #Theoretical physics #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.1088/1126-6708/2001/07/031
published as JHEP 0107:031,2001 · 18 pages, LaTex, refs. added
arxiv created 2001/06/28 · openalex publication_date 2001/07/23 · arxiv updated 2014/11/17 · openalex created_date 2020/11/23 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/06
We consider ``brane world sum rules'' for compactifications involving an arbitrary number of spacetime dimensions. One of the most striking results derived from such consistency conditions is the necessity for negative tension branes to appear in five--dimensional scenarios. We show how this result is easily evaded for brane world models with more than five dimensions. As an example, we consider a novel realization of the Randall--Sundrum scenario in six dimensions involving only positive tension branes.