Aspects of thick brane worlds: 4D gravity localization, smoothness, and mass gap

Modern Physics Letters A

Volumn 25, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 2089-2097

  Herrera Aguilar, Alfredo ^a   Malagón Morejón, Dagoberto ^a   Mora Luna, Refugio Rigel ^a   Nucamendi, Ulises ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD MICHOACANA DE SAN NICOLÁS DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Gravity localization; mass gap in graviton spectrum; naked singularities; smoothness of manifolds; unitary boundary conditions

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954825948     PISSN: 02177323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0217732310033244     Document Type: Review

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