A New Dimension Hidden in the Shadow of a Wall
Nemanja Kaloper

TL;DR
This paper introduces a novel approach to hiding the fifth dimension using a conical membrane in five-dimensional space, leading to modified gravity behavior at different scales with potential phenomenological implications.
Contribution
It presents a new geometric model involving a conical membrane that modifies gravity and conceals the fifth dimension, with mechanisms to suppress scalar long-range effects.
Findings
At intermediate scales, gravity appears 4D with Brans-Dicke-like behavior.
The model predicts a transition from 4D to 5D gravity at large distances.
Possible suppression of scalar long-range effects through quantum interactions.
Abstract
We propose a new way to hide the fifth dimension, and to modify gravity in the far infra-red. A gravitating tensional membrane in five dimensions folds the transverse space into a truncated cone, stoppered by the membrane. For near-critical tension, the conical opening is tiny, and the space becomes a very narrow conical sliver. A very long section, of length comparable to the membrane radius divided by the remaining conical angle, of this sliver is well approximated by a narrow cylinder ending on the membrane. Inside this cylindrical throat we can reduce the theory on the circle. At distances between the circle radius and the length of the cylinder, the theory looks 4D, with a Brans-Dicke-like gravity, and a preferred direction, while at larger distances the cone opens up and the theory turns 5D. The gravitational light scalar in the throat can get an effective local mass term from the…
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