Scalar kinks and fermion localisation in warped spacetimes

dc.creatorKoley, Ratna
dc.creatorKar, Sayan
dc.date2004-07-19
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T10:50:05Z
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dc.descriptionScalar kinks propagating along the bulk in warped spacetimes provide a thick brane realisation of the braneworld. We consider here, a class of such exact solutions of the full Einstein-scalar system with a sine-Gordon potential and a negative cosmological constant. In the background of the kink and the corresponding warped geometry, we discuss the issue of localisation of spin half fermions (with emphasis on massive ones) on the brane in the presence of different types of kink-fermion Yukawa couplings. We analyse the possibility of quasi-bound states for large values of the Yukawa coupling parameter $γ_F$ (with $ν$, the warp factor parameter kept fixed) using appropriate, recently developed, approximation methods. In particular, the spectrum of the low--lying states and their lifetimes are obtained, with the latter being exponentially enhanced for large $νγ_F$. Our results indicate quantitatively, within this model, that it is possible to tune the nature of warping and the strength and form of the Yukawa interaction to obtain trapped massive fermion states on the brane, which, however, do have a finite (but very small) probability of escaping into the bulk.
dc.description22 pages, 4 figures, RevTex4
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0407158
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0407158
dc.identifierClass.Quant.Grav.22:753-768,2005
dc.identifierdoi:10.1088/0264-9381/22/4/008
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/184431
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Theory
dc.titleScalar kinks and fermion localisation in warped spacetimes
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