Published December 2007 | Version v1
Journal article

The fermion spectrum in braneworld collisions

  • 1. School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD (United Kingdom)
  • 2. DAMTP, University of Cambridge, Wilberforce Road, Cambridge, CB3 0WA (United Kingdom)

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

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of High Energy Physics
Journal Volume
2007
Journal Issue
12
Journal Page Range
p. 053
ISSN
1126-6708

INIS

Country of Publication
Italy
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
39044359
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
BRANES; COLLISIONS; COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; COUPLING; ENERGY SPECTRA; EXCITATION; FERMIONS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; SCALAR FIELDS; SCALARS; SPACE-TIME
Descriptors DEC
ENERGY-LEVEL TRANSITIONS; FIELD THEORIES; SIMULATION; SPECTRA