2015/09/14 by C. P. Burgess, Ross Diener, M. Williams +1
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Algorithm #Assertion #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Brane #Brane cosmology #Classical mechanics #Codimension #Computer science #Constant (computer programming) #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Energy (signal processing) #Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena #Matching (statistics) #Mathematics #Philosophy #Physics #Pure mathematics #Quantum mechanics #State (computer science) #Stress (linguistics) #Tension (geology) #Theoretical physics #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.1007/jhep01(2016)017
published as JHEP 1601 (2016) 017 · 8 pages + appendix
arxiv created 2015/09/14 · openalex publication_date 2016/01/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · arxiv updated 2016/08/30 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
We critically assess a recent assertion [1] concerning using δ-functions to analyze how higher-codimension branes back-react on their environment. We also briefly summarize the state of the art: describing how stress-energy balance dictates the components of off-brane stress energy in terms brane tension; how this can modify the standard tension/defect-angle relation for codimension-two sources when dilatons are present; and how it all relates to extra-dimensional searches for a small cosmological constant.