Eur. Phys. J. C (2014) 74: 2709
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-013-2709-y

Regular Article - Theoretical Physics

Static domain wall in braneworld gravity

¹ Instituto de Física Teíorica, UNESP, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Rua Dr. Bento Teobaldo Ferraz 271, Bloco II, Barra-Funda, Caixa Postal 70532-2, São Paulo, SP, 01156-970, Brazil
² Departamento de Física e Química, UNESP, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Av. Dr. Ariberto Pereira da Cunha, 333, Guaratinguetá, SP, Brazil

^* e-mail: hoff@feg.unesp.br
^** e-mail: hoff@ift.unesp.br

Received: 30 October 2013
Accepted: 16 December 2013
Published online: 23 January 2014

Abstract

In this paper we consider a static domain wall inside a 3-brane. Different from the standard achievement obtained in General Relativity, the analysis performed here gives a consistency condition for the existence of static domain walls in a braneworld gravitational scenario. Also the behavior of the domain wall’s gravitational field in the newtonian limit is shown.