Graviton propagators, brane bending and bending of light in theories with quasi-localized gravity

Citation
C. Csaki et al., Graviton propagators, brane bending and bending of light in theories with quasi-localized gravity, PHYS LETT B, 481(1), 2000, pp. 107-113
Citations number
49
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
PHYSICS LETTERS B
ISSN journal
03702693 → ACNP
Volume
481
Issue
1
Year of publication
2000
Pages
107 - 113
Database
ISI
SICI code
0370-2693(20000518)481:1<107:GPBBAB>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
We derive the graviton propagator on the brane for theories with quasi-loca lized gravity. In these models the ordinary 4D graviton is replaced by a re sonance in the spectrum of massive Kaluza-Klein modes, which can decay into the extra dimension. We find that the effects of the extra polarization in the massive graviton propagator is exactly cancelled by the bending of the brane due to the matter sources, up to small corrections proportional to t he width of the resonance. Thus at intermediate scales the classic predicti ons of Einstein's gravity are reproduced in these models to arbitrary preci sion. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.