Instruct: Identify the main and secondary category of Arxiv papers based on the titles and abstracts
Query: Linearized self-forces for branes   We compute the regularized force density and renormalized action due to
fields of external origin coupled to a brane of arbitrary dimension in a
spacetime of any dimension. Specifically, we consider forces generated by
gravitational, dilatonic and generalized antisymmetric form-fields. The force
density is regularized using a recently developed gradient operator. For the
case of a Nambu--Goto brane, we show that the regularization leads to a
renormalization of the tension, which is seen to be the same in both
approaches. We discuss the specific couplings which lead to cancellation of the
self-force in this case.

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