597 research outputs found
Conserved charges in (Lovelock) gravity in first order formalism
We derive conserved charges as quasi-local Hamiltonians by covariant phase
space methods for a class of geometric Lagrangians that can be written in terms
of the spin connection, the vielbein and possibly other tensorial form fields,
allowing also for non-zero torsion. We then re-calculate certain known results
and derive some new ones in three to six dimensions hopefully enlightening
certain aspects of all of them. The quasi-local energy is defined in terms of
the metric and not its first derivatives, requiring `regularization' for
convergence in most cases. Counter-terms consistent with Dirichlet boundary
conditions in first order formalism are shown to be an efficient way to remove
divergencies and derive the values of conserved charges, the clear-cut
application being metrics with AdS (or dS) asymptotics. The emerging scheme is:
all is required to remove the divergencies of a Lovelock gravity is a boundary
Lovelock gravity.Comment: 20 pages, no figure
Israel conditions for the Gauss-Bonnet theory and the Friedmann equation on the brane universe
Assuming an Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet theory of gravitation in a ()-dimensional spacetime with boundary, we consider the problem of the
boundary dynamics given the matter Lagrangian on it. The resulting equation is
applied in particular on the derivation of the Friedmann eq. of a 3-brane,
understood as the non-orientable boundary of a 5d spacetime. We briefly discuss
the contradictory conclusions of the literature.Comment: 8 pages, published versio
Vacuum thin shell solutions in five-dimensional Lovelock gravity
Junction conditions for vacuum solutions in five-dimensional
Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet gravity are studied. We focus on those cases where two
spherically symmetric regions of space-time are joined in such a way that the
induced stress tensor on the junction surface vanishes. So a spherical vacuum
shell, containing no matter, arises as a boundary between two regions of the
space-time. Such solutions are a generalized kind of spherically symmetric
empty space solutions, described by metric functions of the class . New
global structures arise with surprising features. In particular, we show that
vacuum spherically symmetric wormholes do exist in this theory. These can be
regarded as gravitational solitons, which connect two asymptotically (Anti)
de-Sitter spaces with different masses and/or different effective cosmological
constants. We prove the existence of both static and dynamical solutions and
discuss their (in)stability under perturbations that preserve the symmetry.
This leads us to discuss a new type of instability that arises in
five-dimensional Lovelock theory of gravity for certain values of the coupling
of the Gauss-Bonnet term.Comment: 9 pages. This is an extended version of the authors' contribution to
the Proceedings of the Marcel Grossmann Meeting, held in Paris, 12-18 July
200
Intersecting hypersurfaces, topological densities and Lovelock Gravity
Intersecting hypersurfaces in classical Lovelock gravity are studied
exploiting the description of the Lovelock Lagrangian as a sum of dimensionally
continued Euler densities. We wish to present an interesting geometrical
approach to the problem. The analysis allows us to deal most efficiently with
the division of space-time into a honeycomb network of cells produced by an
arbitrary arrangement of membranes of matter. We write the gravitational action
as bulk terms plus integrals over each lower dimensional intersection.
The spin connection is discontinuous at the shared boundaries of the cells,
which are spaces of various dimensionalities. That means that at each
intersection there are more than one spin connections.
We introduce a multi-parameter family of connections which interpolate
between the different connections at each intersection. The parameters live
naturally on a simplex. We can then write the action including all the
intersection terms in a simple way. The Lagrangian of Lovelock gravity is
generalized so as to live on the simplices as well. Each intersection term of
the action is then obtained as an integral over an appropriate simplex.
Lovelock gravity and the associated topological (Euler) density are used as
an example of a more general formulation. In this example one finds that
singular sources up to a certain co-dimensionality naturally carry matter
without introducing conical or other singularities in spacetime geometry.Comment: 24 pages, 2 figures, version 4: lengthened introduction, section on
explicit junction conditions for intersections added. Accepted in Journal of
Geometry and Physic
Super Heavy Dark Matter Anisotropies from D-particles in the Early Universe
We discuss a way of producing anisotropies in the spectrum of superheavy Dark
matter, which are due to the distortion of the inflationary space time induced
by the recoil of D-particles upon their scattering with ordinary string matter
in the Early Universe. We calculate such distortions by world-sheet Liouville
string theory (perturbative) methods. The resulting anisotropies are found to
be proportional to the average recoil velocity and density of the D-particles.
In our analysis we employ a regulated version of de Sitter space, allowing for
graceful exit from inflation. This guarantees the asymptotic flatness of the
space time, as required for a consistent interpretation, within an effective
field theory context, of the associated Bogolubov coefficients as particle
number densities. The latter are computed by standard WKB methods.Comment: 30 pages Latex, two eps figures incorporate
Impact of Low-Energy Constraints on Lorentz Violation
We extend previous analyses of the violation of Lorentz invariance induced in
a non-critical string model of quantum space-time foam, discussing the
propagation of low-energy particles through a distribution of non-relativistic
D-particles.We argue that nuclear and atomic physics experiments do not
constitute sensitive probes of this approach to quantum gravity due to a
difference in the dispersion relations for massive probes as compared to those
for massless ones, predicted by the model.Comment: 4 pages revte
Interaction of heat shock protein (hsp90) with the cytoskeleton: potential implication in intracellular transport
In this article we will summarize the details concerning the association of 90kD heat shock protein (hsp90) with cytoskeletal structures and we will discuss the potential involvement of these interactions in the translocation of steroid hormone receptors to the cell nucleus. In cultured mammalian cells hsp90 has been found to be colocalized with both microtubules and cytokeratin intermediate filaments, whereas no association with actin filaments and vimentin intermediate filaments has been established. The colocalization of hsp90 with microtubules and cytokeratin in intact cells rises the possibility that cytoskeletal structures could serve as "rails" for the direct movement of the steroid hormone receptor via association-dissociation with hsp90 molecules from the cytoplasmic site of synthesis to the nuclear site of action.Biomedical Reviews 1994; 3: 27-37
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