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" The answer is that in RS2, the influence of four-dimensional gravity is inescapable, no matter where you are in the fifth dimension. Although the graviton’s probability function is largest on the Gravitybrane, objects everywhere can interact with one another by exchanging a graviton, and therefore all objects would experience four-dimensional gravity, independently of location. Gravity everywhere looks four-dimensional because the graviton’s probability function is never actually zero—it continues on for ever. In the localized scenario, objects far from a brane would have extremely weak gravitational interactions, but weak gravity would nonetheless behave in a four-dimensional manner. "

Lisa Randall , Warped Passages: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Universe's Hidden Dimensions


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Lisa Randall quote : The answer is that in RS2, the influence of four-dimensional gravity is inescapable, no matter where you are in the fifth dimension. Although the graviton’s probability function is largest on the Gravitybrane, objects everywhere can interact with one another by exchanging a graviton, and therefore all objects would experience four-dimensional gravity, independently of location. Gravity everywhere looks four-dimensional because the graviton’s probability function is never actually zero—it continues on for ever. In the localized scenario, objects far from a brane would have extremely weak gravitational interactions, but weak gravity would nonetheless behave in a four-dimensional manner.