Pure geometric thick f(R)f(R)-branes: stability and localization of gravity

We study two exactly solvable five-dimensional thick brane world models in pure metric $f(R)$ gravity. Working in the Einstein frame, we show that these solutions are stable against small linear perturbations, including the tensor, vector, and scalar modes. For both models, the corresponding gravitational zero mode is localized on the brane, which leads to the four-dimensional Newton's law; while the massive modes are nonlocalized and only contribute a small correction to the Newton's law at a large distance.Comment: 7 pages, 2 figures, improved version, accepted by Eur. Phys. J.

KK-field kinks: stability, exact solutions and new features

We study a class of noncanonical real scalar field models in $(1+1)$-dimensional flat space-time. We first derive the general criterion for the classical linear stability of an arbitrary static soliton solution of these models. Then we construct first-order formalisms for some typical models and derive the corresponding kink solutions. The linear structures of these solutions are also qualitatively analyzed and compared with the canonical kink solutions.Comment: 14 pages, 3 figure

Gravitational resonances on f(R)f(R)-brane

In this paper, we investigate various $f(R)$-brane models and compare their gravitational resonance structures with the corresponding general relativity (GR)-branes. {Starting from some known GR-brane solutions}, we derive thick $f(R)$-brane solutions such that the metric, scalar field, and scalar potential coincide with those of the corresponding GR-branes. {We find that for branes generated by a single or several canonical scalar fields, there is no obvious distinction between the GR-branes and corresponding $f(R)$-branes in terms of gravitational resonance structure.} Then we discuss the branes generated by K-fields. In this case, there could exist huge differences between GR-branes and $f(R)$-branes.Comment: 17 pages, 14 figures, published versio

The structure of f(R)f(R)-brane model

Recently, a family of interesting analytical brane solutions were found in $f(R)$ gravity with $f(R)=R+\alpha R^2$ in Ref. [Phys. Lett. B 729, 127 (2014)]. In these solutions, inner brane structure can be turned on by tuning the value of the parameter $\alpha$. In this paper, we investigate how the parameter $\alpha$ affects the localization and the quasilocalization of the tensorial gravitons around these solutions. It is found that, in a range of $\alpha$, despite the brane has an inner structure, there is no graviton resonance. However, in some other regions of the parameter space, although the brane has no internal structure, the effective potential for the graviton KK modes has a singular structure, and there exists a series of graviton resonant modes. The contribution of the massive graviton KK modes to the Newton's law of gravity is discussed shortly.Comment: v2: 10 pages, 8 figures, to be published in EPJ