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In this paper, we consider a coupling mechanism between the kinetic term and the gravity, in which a coupling function $F(R)$ is introduced into the kinetic term of the five-dimensional scalar field. Based on this scenario, we investigate…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-06-25 Heng Guo , Yong-Tao Lu , Cai-Ling Wang , Yue Sun

We study two issues, the localization of various spin fields, and the problem of the cosmological constant on a brane in five-dimensional anti de Sitter space. We find that spin-zero fields are localized on a positive-tension brane. In…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-31 Borut Bajc , Gregory Gabadadze

In this paper we apply the five-dimensional $f(T)$ gravity with $f(T)=T+k T^n$ to brane scenario to explore the solutions under a given warp factor, and we find that the analytic domain wall solution will be a double-kink solution when the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2012-08-03 Jie Yang , Yun-Liang Li , Yuan Zhong , Yang Li

A class of thick branes in the background of sine-Gordon kinks with a scalar potential $V(\phi)=p(1+\cos\frac{2\phi}{q})$ was constructed by R. Koley and S. Kar [Classical Quantum Gravity \textbf{22}, 753 (2005)]. In this paper, in the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-02-23 Yu-Xiao Liu , Li-Da Zhang , Li-Jie Zhang , Yi-Shi Duan

In this work, we investigate braneworld models generated by scalar fields in which one field has a split kink profile, in which a kink separates into two kinklike configurations. Our analysis covers models with two and three fields,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-08-30 D. Bazeia , A. S. Lobão , M. A. Marques

This work deals with gravity localization on codimension-1 brane worlds engendered by compacton-like kinks, the so-called hybrid branes. In such scenarios, the thin brane behaviour is manifested when the extra dimension is outside the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-02-03 D. F. S. Veras , W. T. Cruz , R. V. Maluf , C. A. S. Almeida

The scalar perturbations of thick braneworld models provide critical insights into their matter-geometry relationship, distinct from tensor modes. This work systematically investigates quasinormal modes and gravitational echoes from scalar…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-08-29 Weike Deng , Sheng Long , Qin Tan , Zu-Cheng Chen , Jiliang Jing

Inspired by the work [Eur. Phys. J. C 78 (2018) 45], we study the linear tensor perturbation of both the flat and bent thick branes with inner structure in two-field mimetic gravity. The master equations for the linear tensor perturbations…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-12-08 Qian Xiang , Yi Zhong , Qun-Ying Xie , Li Zhao

We suggest a thick braneworld model in the squared curvature gravity theory. Despite the appearance of higher order derivatives, the localization of gravity and various bulk matter fields is shown to be possible. The existence of the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-07-04 Yu-Xiao Liu , Yuan Zhong , Zhen-Hua Zhao , Hai-Tao Li

We investigate the dynamics of fermion localization within the framework of $f(T, B)$ gravity featuring non-minimal couplings. Starting from the Dirac action for a spin-$1/2$ fermion in a five-dimensional spacetime governed by torsional…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-03-18 Allan R. P. Moreira , Shi-Hai Dong , Emmanuel N. Saridakis

Among the multiple 5D thick braneworld models that have been proposed in the last years, in order to address several open problems in modern physics, there is a specific one involving a tachyonic bulk scalar field. Delving into this…

We construct brane solutions in 6 dimensional Einstein-Skyrme systems. A class of baby skyrmion solutions realizes warped compactification of the extra dimensions and gravity localization on the brane for negative bulk cosmological…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-06-02 Yuta Kodama , Kento Kokubu , Nobuyuki Sawado

This work deals with thick braneworld models, in an environment where the Ricci scalar is changed to accommodate the addition of two extra terms, one depending on the Ricci scalar itself, and the other, which takes into account the trace of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-03-02 D. Bazeia , A. S. Lobao , R. Menezes

We address the properties of self-gravitating domain walls arising from the breaking of an SU(N) x Z_2- symmetric theory. In the particular case of N=5, we find that the two classes of stable non-abelian kinks possible in flat space have an…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-08-09 Alejandra Melfo , Roger Naranjo , Nelson Pantoja , Aureliano Skirzewski , Juan Carlos Vasquez

In this paper, by presenting the potentials of Kaluza-Klein (KK) modes in the corresponding Schr\"{o}dinger equations, we investigate the localization and resonances of gravity and fermion on the symmetric and asymmetric Bloch {branes}. We…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2013-11-18 Qun-Ying Xie , Jie Yang , Li Zhao

In a recent paper published in this journal, Almeida and collaborators [Phys. Rev. D \textbf{79}, 125022 (2009)] analyze the issue of fermion localization of fermions on a brane constructed from two scalar fields coupled with gravity (Bloch…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-05-12 L. B. Castro

We discuss the localization of scalar, fermion, and gauge field zero modes on a $3-$brane that resides at the intersection of two $4-$branes in six-dimensional anti-de Sitter space. This set-up has been introduced in the context of brane…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-02-25 Antonino Flachi , Masato Minamitsuji

In this paper, we study the thick brane scenario constructed in the recently proposed $f(T,\mathcal{T})$ theories of gravity, where $T$ is called the torsion scalar, and $\mathcal{T}$ is the trace of the energy-momentum tensor. We use the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-12-09 A. R. P. Moreira , F. C. E. Lima , J. E. G. Silva , C. A. S. Almeida

In this work, we investigate thick brane models with a single three-form field. We find novel solutions for thick braneworlds where only three-forms exist and interact gravitationally in the bulk, both with and without matter fields. We use…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-11-28 Jake E. B. Gordin , Kelly MacDevette , Jenna Bruton

We study gravitational perturbations in the Randall-Sundrum two-brane background with scalar-curvature terms in the action for the branes, allowing for positive as well as negative bulk gravitational constant. In the zero-mode…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-10 Yuri Shtanov , Alexander Viznyuk