The fermion spectrum in braneworld collisions

In braneworld collisions fermions originally localised on one brane can be transferred to another brane, or to a space-time boundary. By modelling branes as scalar field kinks we bounce them off boundaries and study resulting effects according to a braneworld observer. Extending on our previous work...

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Main Authors: Saffin, Paul M., Tranberg, Anders
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Published: Springer 2007
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/42123/
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description In braneworld collisions fermions originally localised on one brane can be transferred to another brane, or to a space-time boundary. By modelling branes as scalar field kinks we bounce them off boundaries and study resulting effects according to a braneworld observer. Extending on our previous work, we numerically compute the spectrum of excitations of fermion modes localised on the brane and boundary, in terms of the momentum k along the brane dimensions. We find that the spectrum depends strongly on collision velocity and fermion-scalar coupling. Also, high-momentum modes tend to ``fall off'' the kinks and become delocalised radiation.
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spelling nottingham-421232020-05-04T16:27:13Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/42123/ The fermion spectrum in braneworld collisions Saffin, Paul M. Tranberg, Anders In braneworld collisions fermions originally localised on one brane can be transferred to another brane, or to a space-time boundary. By modelling branes as scalar field kinks we bounce them off boundaries and study resulting effects according to a braneworld observer. Extending on our previous work, we numerically compute the spectrum of excitations of fermion modes localised on the brane and boundary, in terms of the momentum k along the brane dimensions. We find that the spectrum depends strongly on collision velocity and fermion-scalar coupling. Also, high-momentum modes tend to ``fall off'' the kinks and become delocalised radiation. Springer 2007-12-13 Article PeerReviewed Saffin, Paul M. and Tranberg, Anders (2007) The fermion spectrum in braneworld collisions. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2007 (12). 053. ISSN 1029-8479 http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1126-6708/2007/12/053/meta 10.1088/1126-6708/2007/12/053 10.1088/1126-6708/2007/12/053 10.1088/1126-6708/2007/12/053
spellingShingle Saffin, Paul M.
Tranberg, Anders
The fermion spectrum in braneworld collisions
title The fermion spectrum in braneworld collisions
title_full The fermion spectrum in braneworld collisions
title_fullStr The fermion spectrum in braneworld collisions
title_full_unstemmed The fermion spectrum in braneworld collisions
title_short The fermion spectrum in braneworld collisions
title_sort fermion spectrum in braneworld collisions
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/42123/
https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/42123/
https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/42123/