Confinement and stability of the motion of test particles in thick branes
arXiv:gr-qc/0702011 · doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2007.06.004
Abstract
We consider the motion of test particles in a thick brane version of Randall-Sundrum type II model. It is known that gravity alone cannot explain the confinement of test particles in this kind of brane. In this paper we show that a stable confinement in a domain wall is possible by admitting a direct interaction between test particles and a scalar field. This interaction is implemented by a modification of the Lagrangian of the particle which is inspired by a Yukawa-type interaction between fermions and scalar fields.
arXiv comment1 figure. Extended analysis to treat general thick branes RSII-type. Added references
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