The long range gravitational potential energy between strings

DOI10.1016/S0370-2693(01)01360-0MaRDI QIDQ5950423zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Margaret E. Wessling, Mark B. Wise

Publication date 11 December 2001

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0110091

zbMATH Keywords

\(p\)-branesininitely long parallel stringsmassless bulk fieldsone loop

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) String and superstring theories in gravitational theory (83E30)

Abstract: We calculate the gravitational potential energy between infinitely long parallel strings with tensions au_1 and au_2. Classically, it vanishes, but at one loop, we find that the long range gravitational potential energy per unit length is U/L = 24G_N^2 au_1 au_2/(5 pi a^2) + ..., where a is the separation between the strings, G_N is Newton's constant, and we set hbar = c =1. The ellipses represent terms suppressed by more powers of G_N au_i. Typically, massless bulk fields give rise at one loop to a long range potential between p-branes in space-times of dimension p+2+1. The contribution to this potential from bulk scalars is computed for arbitrary p (strings correspond to p=1) and in the case of three-branes its possible relevance for cosmological quintessence is commented on.

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