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arxiv: 0809.0464 · v1 · submitted 2008-09-02 · ✦ hep-th · astro-ph· gr-qc· hep-ph

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Massive gravitons trapped inside a hypermonopole

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classification ✦ hep-th astro-phgr-qchep-ph
keywords constantscorecouplingextra-dimensionsfieldfour-dimensionalgravitonshypermonopole
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We propose a regular classical field theory realisation of the Dvali-Gabadadze-Porrati mechanism by considering our universe to be the four-dimensional core of a seven dimensional 't Hooft-Polyakov hypermonopole. We show the existence of metastable gravitons trapped in the core. Their mass spectrum is discrete, positive definite, and computed for various values of the field coupling constants: the resulting Newton gravity law is seven-dimensional at small and large distances but can be made four-dimensional on intermediate length scales. There is no need of a cosmological constant in the bulk, the spacetime is asymptotically flat and of infinite volume in the extra-dimensions. Confinement is achieved through the local positive curvature of the extra-dimensions induced by the monopole-forming fields and for natural values of the coupling constants of order unity.

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