Braneworlds and Quantum States of Relativistic Shells

Abstract

We review some applications of relativistic shells that are relevant in the context of quantum gravity/quantum cosmology. Using a recently developed approach, the stationary states of this general relativistic system can be determined in the semiclassical approximation. We suggest that this technique might be of phenomenological relevance in the context of the brane-world scenario and we draw a picture of the general set-up and of the possible developments.Comment: 4 pages, LaTeX. To appear in the proceedings of the Eleventh Marcel Grossmann Meeting on General Relativity, July 23-29, 2006, Freie Universitaet Berlin, Berlin, Germany (http://www.icra.it/mg/mg11