title: Regularization of the linearized gravitational self-force for branes.
abstract: We discuss the linearized, gravitational self-interaction of a brane of arbitrary codimension in a spacetime of arbitrary dimension. We find that in the codimension two case the gravitational self-force is exactly zero for a Nambu-Goto equation of state, generalizing a previous result for a string in four dimensions. For the case of a 3-brane, this picks out the case of a six-dimensional brane-world model as having special properties that we discuss. In particular, we see that bare tension on the brane has no effect locally, suppressing the cosmological constant problem.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, Macclesfield, Cheshire SK11 9DL, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Richard A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Battye
authors.forename: Brandon
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Carter
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mennim