Delta function singularities in the Weyl tensor at the brane

In a recent paper Shiromizu, Maeda and Sasaki derived the general gravitational equations of motion which would hold on a brane which is embedded in a higher dimensional bulk spacetime, showing that even when the Einstein equations are imposed in the bulk, nonetheless the embedding leads to a modifi...

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Veröffentlicht in:Physical review. D, Particles and fields Particles and fields, 2001-09, Vol.64 (6), Article 068501
1. Verfasser: Mannheim, Philip D.
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:In a recent paper Shiromizu, Maeda and Sasaki derived the general gravitational equations of motion which would hold on a brane which is embedded in a higher dimensional bulk spacetime, showing that even when the Einstein equations are imposed in the bulk, nonetheless the embedding leads to a modification of the Einstein equations on the brane itself. Within the context of their work we discuss some interesting aspects of a delta function singularity present in the Weyl tensor at the brane.
ISSN:0556-2821
1089-4918
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevD.64.068501