A covariant simultaneous action for branes

Capovilla, Riccardo; Cruz, Giovany

doi:10.1016/j.aop.2019.167959

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“…It is worth noticing that in the case of a flat background, the Jacobi equations also take the form of a conservation law, as a divergence free equation for the linearized canonical momentum. For an alternative, and more economic, avenue to the brane Jacobi equations in a curved background spacetime, using a covariant simultaneous variational principle, see [37].…”

Section: Iii2 Second Variationmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Covariant higher order perturbations of branes in curved spacetime

Capovilla,

Cruz,

López

2021

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The treatment of higher order perturbations of branes is considered using a covariant variational approach. This covariant variational approach brings to the forefront the geometric structure of the underlying perturbation theory, as opposed to a more commonly used 'direct approach', that ignores the variational origin. In addition, it offers a clear calculational advantage with respect to so called 'gauge fixed' treatments that distinguish tangential and normal modes, as it emphasizes the symmetries of the geometric models that describe the brane dynamics. We restrict our attention to a brane action that depends at most on first derivatives of the embedding functions of the worldvolume spanned by the brane in its evolution. We consider first and second variations of the action that describes the brane dynamics. The first variation produces the equations of motion, as is well known. In the second variation we derive the Jacobi equations for these kind of models, and we emphasize the role of the Hessian matrix. This is extended to third order in variations, first in a flat and then in a curved spacetime background. Further, we specialize to the relevant case of the Dirac-Nambu-Goto action that describes extremal branes. The proper setting of a covariant variational approach allows to go in principle to geometric models that depend on higher derivatives of the embedding functions, and higher order perturbations, with the due complications involved, but with a solid framework in place.

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Section: Iii2 Second Variationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In the last step, we commuted the derivative and the variation producing a background Riemann tensor projection. Let us now use the Leibniz rule to unpack the third term in (37),…”

Section: Iii32 Curved Background Spacetimementioning

confidence: 99%