Can thick braneworlds be self-consistent?

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETB.2005.12.030MaRDI QIDQ453988zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Masato Minamitsuji, Misao Sasaki, Wade Naylor

Publication date 30 September 2012

Published in Physics Letters B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0510117

zbMATH Keywords

cosmologyextra dimensionsquantum effects

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Methods of quantum field theory in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C47) Kaluza-Klein and other higher-dimensional theories (83E15) Relativistic cosmology (83F05)

Abstract: We discuss the backreaction of a massless, minimally coupled, quantized scalar field on a thick, two-dimensional de Sitter (dS) brane as an extension of our previous work. We show that a finite brane thickness naturally regularizes the backreaction on the brane. The quantum backreaction exhibits a quadratic divergence in the thin wall limit. We also give a theoretical bound on the brane thickness, in terms of the brane self-consistency of the quantum corrected Einstein equation, namely the requirement that the size of the backreaction should be smaller than that of the background stress-energy at the center of the brane. Finally, we discuss the brane self-consistency for the case of a four-dimensional dS brane.

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