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# Thick Brane Split Caused by Spacetime Torsion

Physical review D: Particles and fields 02/2012; 85(8). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.85.084033
Source: arXiv

ABSTRACT In this paper we apply the five-dimensional $f(T)$ gravity with $f(T)=T+k T^n$ to brane scenario to explore the solutions under a given warp factor, and
we find that the analytic domain wall solution will be a double-kink solution
when the geometric effect of spacetime torsion is strongly enhanced. We also
investigate the localization of fermion fields on the split branes
corresponding to the double-kink solution.

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