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We find a consistent set of equations of motion and constraints for massive higher-spin fluctuations in a gravitational background, required of certain characteristic properties but more general than constant curvature space. Of particular interest among such geometries is a thick domain wall−a smooth version of the Randall-Sundrum metric. Apart from the graviton zero mode, the brane accommodates quasi-bound massive states of higher spin contingent on the bulk mass. We estimate the mass and lifetime of these higher-spin resonances, which may appear as metastable dark matter in a braneworld universe.
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Kulaxizi, M., Rahman, R. Higher-spin modes in a domain-wall universe. J. High Energ. Phys. 2014, 193 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP10(2014)193
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