On the four-dimensional effective theories in brane-worlds

Models with extra dimensions have attracted much interest recently. The reason is that string theory, a serious candidate for the theory of unification of all interactions, predicts the existence of up to seven extra dimensions. These models have many attractive features and may turn out to provide...

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Main Author: Arroja, Frederico M. A.
Published: University of Portsmouth 2008
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spelling ndltd-bl.uk-oai-ethos.bl.uk-4940082015-03-20T05:16:55ZOn the four-dimensional effective theories in brane-worldsArroja, Frederico M. A.2008Models with extra dimensions have attracted much interest recently. The reason is that string theory, a serious candidate for the theory of unification of all interactions, predicts the existence of up to seven extra dimensions. These models have many attractive features and may turn out to provide the solution for many long standing problems in physics. One interesting and very attractive idea is that our visible universe is confined to a four-dimensional hypersurface in a higher-dimensional spacetime. This membrane like universe was dubbed brane-world.523.1University of Portsmouthhttp://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.494008Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
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On the four-dimensional effective theories in brane-worlds
description Models with extra dimensions have attracted much interest recently. The reason is that string theory, a serious candidate for the theory of unification of all interactions, predicts the existence of up to seven extra dimensions. These models have many attractive features and may turn out to provide the solution for many long standing problems in physics. One interesting and very attractive idea is that our visible universe is confined to a four-dimensional hypersurface in a higher-dimensional spacetime. This membrane like universe was dubbed brane-world.
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title On the four-dimensional effective theories in brane-worlds
title_short On the four-dimensional effective theories in brane-worlds
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title_fullStr On the four-dimensional effective theories in brane-worlds
title_full_unstemmed On the four-dimensional effective theories in brane-worlds
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