Cascading gravity and degravitation
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Author(s)
de Rham, Claudia
Hofmann, Stefan
Khoury, Justin
Tolley, Andrew J
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
We construct a cascading brane model of gravity in which the behavior of the gravitational force law interpolates from (n+4)-dimensional to (n+3)-dimensional all the way down to 4-dimensional from longer to shorter length scales. We show that, at the linearized level, this model exhibits the features necessary for degravitation of the cosmological constant. The model is shown to be ghost free with the addition of suitable brane kinetic operators, and we demonstrate this using a number of independent procedures. Consequently this is a consistent infrared (IR) modification of gravity, providing a promising framework for a dynamical, degravitating solution of the cosmological constant problem.
Date Issued
2008-02-15
Date Acceptance
2008-01-18
Citation
Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, 2008, 2008 (2), pp.1-28
ISSN
1475-7516
Publisher
IOP Publishing
Start Page
1
End Page
28
Journal / Book Title
Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Volume
2008
Issue
2
Copyright Statement
© 2008 IOP Publishing Ltd and SISSA. This is an author-created, un-copyedited version of an article accepted for publication in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics. IOP Publishing Ltd is not responsible for any errors or omissions in this version of the manuscript or any version derived from it. The definitive publisher authenticated version is available online at https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2008/02/011.
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Subjects
Science & Technology
Physical Sciences
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Physics, Particles & Fields
Physics
extra dimensions
cosmology with extra dimensions
MASS
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
ARTN 011
Date Publish Online
2008-02-15