title: Domain walls without cosmological constant in higher order gravity.
abstract: We consider a class of higher order corrections in the form of Euler densities of arbitrary rank n to the standard gravity action in D dimensions. We present a generating functional and an explicit form of the conserved energy-momentum tensors. We show that this class of corrections allows for domain-wall solutions despite the presence of higher powers of the curvature. The existence of such solutions no longer depends on the presence of cosmological constants. For example, the Randall-Sundrum-type scenario can be realized without bulk and/or brane cosmological constant.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Theoretical Physics, Warsaw University, Hoza 69, 00-681 Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Meissner
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Olechowski