Singular quantum mechanical viewpoint of localized gravity in brane-world scenario Original Research Article

The graviton localized on the 3-brane is examined in Randall–Sundrum brane-world scenario from the viewpoint of one-dimensional singular quantum mechanics. For the Randall–Sundrum single brane scenario the one-parameter family of the fixed-energy amplitude is explicitly computed where the free parameter ξ parametrizes the various boundary conditions at the brane. The general criterion for the localized graviton to be massless is derived when ξ is arbitrary but non-zero. When ξ=0, the massless graviton is obtained via a coupling constant renormalization. For the two branes picture the fixed-energy amplitude is in general dependent on the two free parameters. The numerical test indicates that there is no massless graviton in this picture. For the positive-tension brane, however, the localized graviton becomes massless when the distance between branes are infinitely large, which is essentially identical to the single brane picture. For the negative-tension brane there is no massless graviton regardless of the distance between branes and choice of boundary conditions.