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In this work, we obtain exact thick brane models in $4+1$ dimensions generated by higher order field theory kinks, inspired by specific potentials for $\phi^{10}$ and $\phi^{18}$ models. We verify that the geodesic equation along the fifth…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-09-22 Marzieh Peyravi , Samira Nazifkar , Francisco S. N. Lobo , Kurosh Javidan

In this work, we study 5-dimensional braneworld scenarios in the scalar-tensor representation of the generalized hybrid metric-Palatini gravitational theory. We start by considering a model for a brane supported purely by the gravitational…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-01-19 João Luís Rosa , Douglas A. Ferreira , Dionisio Bazeia , Francisco S. N. Lobo

Starting from the most general second-order in derivatives theories describing extended objects of arbitrary dimension evolving geodetically in a codimension-one flat ambient space-time, we determine the subset of models yielding…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-03-02 Efraín Rojas

This work investigates the cosmology of a thick brane within the context of $f(\mathbb{Q})$ gravity, an extension of symmetric teleparallelism. Using a five-dimensional Friedmann-Lema\^itre-Robertson-Walker metric, we solve the field…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-03-05 J. J. Ramos , J. E. G. Silva

This article gives a comprehensive review on thick brane solutions and related topics. Such models have attracted much attention from many aspects since the birth of the brane world scenario. In many works, it has been usually assumed that…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-11-18 Vladimir Dzhunushaliev , Vladimir Folomeev , Masato Minamitsuji

A thick brane model with Gauss-Bonnet action in a homogeneous anisotropic $D=(4+1+d)$ spacetime is studied. By choosing a concrete metric ansatz, we show that this spacetime is stable against linear tensor perturbations under certain…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-03-28 Yongqun Xu , Xiangdong Zhang

This work deals with the presence and stability of thick brane solutions in the warped five dimensional braneworld scenario with a single extra spatial dimension of infinite extent. We combine two distinct procedures that give rise to new…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-10-22 D. Bazeia , D. A. Ferreira

In this work, we investigate gravitational resonances in both single and double mimetic thick branes, which can provide a new way to detect the extra dimension. For the single brane model, we apply the relative probability proposed in…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-05-07 Yi Zhong , Yu-Peng Zhang , Wen-Di Guo , Yu-Xiao Liu

Recently, Pani, Sotiriou, and Vernieri explored a new theory of gravity by adding nondynamical fields, i.e., gravity with auxiliary fields [Phys. Rev. D 88, 121502(R) (2013)]. In this gravity theory, higher-order derivatives of matter…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-03-12 Bin Guo , Yu-Xiao Liu , Ke Yang

Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet gravity in high dimensional spacetime is intriguing. Here, the properties of thick branes generated by a bulk scalar field in the five-dimensional Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet gravity were studied. With the help of the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-02-22 Na Xu , Jing Chen , Yu-Peng Zhang , Yu-Xiao Liu

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

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

In this work, we investigate the construction of spherically symmetric solutions within the framework of modified teleparallel gravity, focusing in particular on $f({\cal T})$ theory, where ${\cal T}$ represents the torsion scalar.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-08-08 G. G. L. Nashed , A. Eid

Horndeski theory is the most general scalar-tensor theory retaining second-order field equations, although the action includes higher-order terms. This is achieved by a special choice of coupling constants. In this paper, we investigate…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-01-01 Qi-Ming Fu , Hao Yu , Li Zhao , Yu-Xiao Liu

We study a thick brane scenario within the Palatini formulation of gravity, where the metric and affine connection are treated as independent variables. By introducing a non-minimal coupling between a bulk scalar field and the Ricci scalar,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-01-06 Tahereh Azizi , Mojtaba Alimoradi

We investigate thick brane solutions in the Horndeski gravity. In this setup, we found analytical solutions, applying the first-order formalism to two scalar fields where the first field comes from the non-minimal scalar-tensor coupling and…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-02-06 Fabiano F. Santos , F. A. Brito

In this work we study braneworld models in generalized $f\left(R,T\right)$ gravity theories where the action depends on a function of the Ricci scalar $R$ and the trace of the stress-energy tensor $T$. We explore the so-called scalar-tensor…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-03-03 João Luís Rosa , A. S. Lobão , D. Bazeia

It is shown that the consideration of the braneworld consistency conditions within the framework of bulk modified gravities allows for the existence of thick branes in the five- dimensional case with compact extra dimension. In studing the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-07-28 G. P. de Brito , J. M. Hoff da Silva , P. Michel L. T. da Silva , A. de Souza Dutra

In this work, we investigate a new warped five-dimensional, Z2-symmetric thick brane solution in the presence of a real scalar field. We examine the different geometric aspects of the model. We discuss the stability of the solution under…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-12-23 S. H. Hendi , N. Riazi , S. N. Sajadi

In this work we present a simple thick braneworld model that is generated by an intriguing interplay between a 5D cosmological constant with a de Sitter metric induced in the 3-brane without the inclusion of scalar fields. We show that 4D…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-03-17 Alfredo Herrera-Aguilar , Dagoberto Malagon-Morejon , Refugio Rigel Mora-Luna