Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
2005-12-19
Class.Quant.Grav.23:2571-2583,2006
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
21 pages. Version matching final version. Accepted for publication in Class. Quant. Grav
Scientific paper
The `braneworld' (described by the usual worldvolume action) is a D dimensional timelike surface embedded in a N dimensional ($N>D$) warped, nonfactorisable spacetime. We first address the conditions on the warp factor required to have an extremal flat brane in a five dimensional background. Subsequently, we deal with normal deformations of such extremal branes. The ensuing Jacobi equations are analysed to obtain the stability condition. It turns out that to have a stable brane, the warp factor should have a minimum at the location of the brane in the given background spacetime. To illustrate our results we explicitly check the extremality and stability criteria for a few known co-dimension one braneworld models. Generalisations of the above formalism for the cases of (i) curved branes (ii) asymmetrical warping and (iii) higher co-dimension braneworlds are then presented alongwith some typical examples for each. Finally, we summarize our results and provide perspectives for future work along these lines.
Kar Sayan
Pal Supratik
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