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Publications and source records attributed to D. L. Henty.
A qualitative discussion of possible features of a composite graviton arising out of open string field theory is provided along with expected modifications to the graviton propagator due to such a composite graviton model. Possible implications for the cosmological constant problem are also discussed.
An alternative approach to introducing gravitational dynamics on a brane embedded in a higher dimensional spacetime is presented. The brane is treated as a boundary of a higher dimensional manifold in which the bulk action is described by a metric independent topological quantum field theory. The example of a five dimensional non-Abelian BF theory with a boundary brane is considered. A natural boundary condition is adopted chosen for consistency of the topological action despite the presence of a boundary. The resulting effective action on the brane is the action of general relativity in first order form plus terms involving the extrinsic curvature of the brane.