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Title: | Codimension-2 Branes in Supergravity |
Authors: | Louca, Andrew |
Advisor: | Burgess, Cliff |
Department: | Physics |
Keywords: | Physics;Physics |
Publication Date: | 2010 |
Abstract: | <p>The goal of this thesis is to study the back-reaction of codimension-2 branes in chiral gauged supergravity for solutions which are consistent with axial symmetry in the bulk directions and maximal symmetry in the spatial directions of the brane (FRW-like branes). The mathematics involved in this is somewhat cumbersome so as a first step, which can later be used as a check, we study solutions which are consistent with axial symmetry in the bulk and maximally symmetric in all brane directions. In order to analyze the brane back-reaction we compute a set of equations relating the bulk fields at the brane position to the brane properties, known as junction conditions. These junction conditions combined with the low-energy on-brane effective action (which is also derived) provide the complete description of the brane back-reaction. This formalism is then applied to two examples and generalized for the case of FRW-like branes.</p> |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/11375/9247 |
Identifier: | opendissertations/4387 5408 2042069 |
Appears in Collections: | Open Access Dissertations and Theses |
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