Consistency conditions for brane worlds in arbitrary dimensions

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1-22

  Leblond, Frédéric ^a   Myers, Robert C ^a   Winters, David J ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Extra Large Dimensions; Field Theories in Higher Dimensions

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744745945     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2001/07/031     Document Type: Article

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