Domain-wall branes in Lifshitz theories
Abstract
We analyze whether or not Lifshitz field theories in 4 + 1 dimensions may provide ultraviolet-complete domain-wall brane models. We first show that Lifshitz scalar field theory can admit topologically stable domain wall solutions. A Lifshitz fermion field is then added to the toy model, and we demonstrate that 3+1- dimensional Kaluza-Klein zero mode solutions do not exist when the four spatial dimensions are treated isotropically. To recover 3 + 1-dimensional chiral fermions dynamically localized to the domain wall, we must postulate the breaking of full 4-dimensional rotational symmetry down to the subgroup of rotations which mix the usual 3-dimensional spatial directions and fix the extra-dimensional axis in addition to the anisotropy between space and time.
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@article{arxiv.1008.2054,
title = {Domain-wall branes in Lifshitz theories},
author = {Jayne E. Thompson and Raymond R. Volkas},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1008.2054},
year = {2011}
}