How higher-dimensional torsion traps fermions on our brane

In braneworld models where our universe is a slice of a five-dimensional space, getting matter to stick to the brane requires a mechanism. Adding a torsion-based Gauss-Bonnet term to gravity reshapes the effective potential felt by fermions, locking only one chiral component to the brane and generating resonant quasi-bound states in the massive spectrum. Shannon entropy measures confirm the torsional corrections produce tighter localization than standard models — a concrete handle on how higher-order gravity terms influence matter trapping in extra dimensions.