Gravity, p-branes, and a spacetime counterpart of the Higgs effect

DOI10.1103/PHYSREVD.68.046004zbMATH Open1244.83029arXivhep-th/0301255WikidataQ62579699 ScholiaQ62579699MaRDI QIDQ2903592FDOQ2903592

Authors: Igor A. Bandos, José A. De Azcárraga, José M. Izquierdo, Jerzy Lukierski 

Publication date: 10 August 2012

Published in: Physical Review D. Series III (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We point out that the worldvolume coordinate functions $hat{x}^{m}u(xi)$ of a $p$-brane, treated as an independent object interacting with dynamical gravity, are Goldstone fields for spacetime diffeomorphisms gauge symmetry. The presence of this gauge invariance is exhibited by its associated Noether identity, which expresses that the source equations follow from the gravitational equations. We discuss the spacetime counterpart of the Higgs effect and show that a $p$-brane does not carry any local degrees of freedom, extending early known general relativity features. Our considerations are also relevant for brane world scenarios.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0301255

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Kaluza-Klein and other higher-dimensional theories (83E15)

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