Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Scientific paper
2006-01-26
Gen.Rel.Grav. 38 (2006) 1215-1232
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Brief review, 16 pages, 92 references. Some description and references added
Scientific paper
10.1007/s10714-006-0300-7
We discuss possible variations of the effective gravitational constant with length scale, predicted by most of alternative theories of gravity and unified models of physical interactions. After a brief general exposition, we review in more detail the predicted corrections to Newton's law of gravity in diverse brane world models. We consider various configurations in 5 dimensions (flat, de Sitter and AdS branes in Einstein and Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet theories, with and without induced gravity and possible incomplete graviton localization), 5D multi-brane systems and some models in higher dimensions. A common feature of all models considered is the existence of corrections to Newton's law at small radii comparable with the bulk characteristic length: at such radii, gravity on the brane becomes effectively multidimensional. Many models contain superlight perturbation modes, which modify gravity at large scale and may be important for astrophysics and cosmology.
Bronnikov Kirill A.
Kononogov S. A.
Melnikov Vitaly N.
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