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Periodic thick-brane configurations and their stability

High Energy Physics - Theory 2011-08-05 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

I investigate models with scalar fields in 5 dimensions that exhibit thick-brane configurations with a non-trivial metric. I show that an appropriate coupling to the scalar curvature allows for periodic configurations, which, however, are unstable under small harmonic perturbations. A model for stabilizing these configurations is proposed and discussed.

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@article{arxiv.1107.0944,
  title  = {Periodic thick-brane configurations and their stability},
  author = {Jose Wudka},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1107.0944},
  year   = {2011}
}

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13 pages, 3 figures

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