Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
2007-07-18
JHEP 0710:069,2007
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
37 pages, 3 figures. References added. Some points clarified
Scientific paper
10.1088/1126-6708/2007/10/069
We examine brane induced gravity on codimension-1 branes, a.k.a DGP gravity, as a theory of five-dimensional gravity containing a certain class four-dimensional branes. From this perspective, the model suffers from a number of pathologies which went unnoticed before. By generalizing the 5D geometry from Minkowski to Schwarzschild, we find that when the bulk mass is large enough, the brane hits a pressure singularity at finite radius. Further, on the self-accelerating branch, the five-dimensional energy is unbounded from below, implying that the self-accelerating backgrounds are unstable. Even in an empty Minkowski bulk, standard Euclidean techniques suggest that the spontaneous nucleation of self-accelerating branes is unsuppressed. If so, quantum effects will strongly modify any classical intuition about the theory. We also note that unless considered as Z_2-orbifold boundaries, self-accelerating branes correspond to `wormhole' configurations, which introduces the usual problematic issues associated with wormholes. Altogether these pathologies present a serious challenge that any proposed UV completion of the DGP model must overcome.
Gregory Ruth
Kaloper Nemanja
Myers Robert C.
Padilla Antonio
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