Quasinormal ringing of thick braneworlds with a finite extra dimension
Abstract
In this work, we investigate the quasinormal modes of the Poincar\'e thick brane with a finite extra dimension. Unlike the case with an infinite extra dimension, the gravitational effective potential exhibits three distinct shapes within different ranges of the parameter in the warp factor: harmonic oscillator potential, P\"oschl-Teller potential, and volcano-like potential. We then study various types of perturbations in this system. Utilizing a combination of analytical, semi-analytical, and numerical methods, we obtain the quasinormal modes of the perturbed fields. Our findings reveal a set of discrete quasinormal modes for the thick brane, similar to those of black holes. Interestingly, when , the quasinormal modes exhibit purely imaginary behavior. This study may provide a new way to detect the existence of extra dimensions.
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@article{arxiv.2406.03929,
title = {Quasinormal ringing of thick braneworlds with a finite extra dimension},
author = {Hai-Long Jia and Wen-Di Guo and Qin Tan and Yu-Xiao Liu},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2406.03929},
year = {2025}
}