Localization of massive fermions on the brane

2001/09/25 by C. Ringeval, Christophe Ringeval, Patrick Peter +3 · 7 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #gr-qc #hep-ph #hep-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevd.65.044016

published as Phys.Rev. D65 (2002) 044016 · 20 pages, LaTeX-RevTex, 15 figures, submitted to PRD

arxiv created 2001/09/25 · openalex publication_date 2002/01/22 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

We construct an explicit model to describe fermions confined on a four dimensional brane embedded in a five dimensional anti--de Sitter spacetime. We extend previous works to accommodate massive bound states on the brane and exhibit the transverse structure of the fermionic fields. We estimate analytically and calculate numerically the fermion mass spectrum on the brane, which we show to be discrete. The confinement lifetime of the bound states is evaluated, and it is shown that existing constraints can be made compatible with the existence of massive fermions trapped on the brane for durations much longer than the age of the Universe.

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