Gravitating kinks with asymptotically flat metrics

Abstract

In this work, we consider a two-dimensional (2D) dilaton gravity model where the dilaton kinetic term $\mathcal{X}$ is modified by an additional derivative coupling term $\alpha {\mathcal{X}}^2$. In the case with a canonical scalar matter field, the field equations of this model have a simple first-order formalism, from which exact static kink solutions can be constructed. The novelty of these solutions is that the corresponding metric can be asymptotically flat rather than asymptotically anti de Sitter. The linear stability and the localization of scalar matter fields are also studied. It was found that the solutions are stable against small linear perturbations, and the localization of scalar matter fields can be realized by introducing scalar-kink interactions.

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