Dynamical stability of six-dimensional warped brane-worlds

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 263-292

  Burgess, Cliff P ^a   Cline, James M ^a   Firouzjahi, Hassan ^a   Constable, Neil R ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

AdS CFT Correspondence; Brane Dynamics in Gauge Theories; Extra Large Dimensions

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044504349     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2002/01/014     Document Type: Article

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