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Conservation laws for collisions of branes and shells in general relativity.

Authors :
Langlois D
Maeda K
Wands D
Source :
Physical review letters [Phys Rev Lett] 2002 May 06; Vol. 88 (18), pp. 181301. Date of Electronic Publication: 2002 Apr 22.
Publication Year :
2002

Abstract

We consider the collision of self-gravitating n-branes in a (n+2)-dimensional spacetime. We show that there is a geometrical constraint which can be expressed as a simple sum rule for angles characterizing Lorentz boosts between branes and the intervening spacetime regions. This constraint can then be reinterpreted as either energy or momentum conservation at the collision.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
0031-9007
Volume :
88
Issue :
18
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Physical review letters
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
12005673
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.181301