Localization of Matters on Anti-de Sitter Thick Branes

TL;DR

This paper studies how various matter fields can be localized on an Anti-de Sitter thick brane by analyzing their Schrödinger-like equations and the effects of coupling constants on their mass spectra and localization properties.

Contribution

It provides a detailed analysis of matter field localization on AdS thick branes, revealing critical coupling constants that determine the existence of bound states and zero modes for scalars, vectors, and fermions.

Findings

Scalar bound states exist for coupling constants above a critical value.

Zero modes for scalars can be trapped on the brane with parameter tuning.

Fermion localization depends on a Yukawa coupling exceeding a critical threshold.

Abstract

By presenting the mass-independent potentials of the Kaluza-Klein (KK) modes in the corresponding Schr\"{o}dinger equations, we investigate the localization and mass spectra of various bulk matter fields on an AdS thick brane. For a spin 0 scalar $\Phi$ coupled with itself and the domain-wall-forming field $\phi$ via a coupling potential $V=(\lambda \phi^{2}-u^{2})\Phi^{2}+\tau\Phi^{4}$, the localization and spectrum are decided by a critical coupling constant $\lambda_{0}$. When $\lambda>\lambda_0$, the potential of the scalar KK modes in the corresponding Schr\"{o}dinger equation tends to infinite when far away from the brane, which results in that there exist infinite discrete scalar bound KK states, and the massless modes could be trapped on the AdS brane by fine-tuning of parameters. When $\lambda<\lambda_0$, the potential of the scalar KK modes tends to negative infinite when far away from the brane, hence there does not exist any scalar bound KK state. For a spin 1 vector, the situation is same like the scalar with a coupling constant $\lambda>\lambda_0$, but the zero mode can not be localized on the brane. For a spin 1/2 fermion, we introduce the usual Yukawa coupling $\eta\bar{\Psi}\phi\Psi$, and find that the localization of the fermion is decided by a critical coupling constant $\eta_0$. For $\eta > \eta_0$, the four-dimensional massless left chiral fermion and massive Dirac fermions consisted of the pairs of coupled left-hand and right-hand KK modes could be localized on the AdS brane, and the massive Dirac fermions have a set of discrete mass spectrum. While for the case $0<\eta < \eta_{0}$, no four-dimensional Dirac fermion can be localized on the AdS brane.