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Quantum Stabilization of Compactified AdS_5

High Energy Physics - Theory 2010-11-19 v3

Abstract

We investigate the role of quantum fluctuations in the system composed of two branes bounding a region of AdS. It is shown that the modulus effective potential generated by quantum fluctuations of both brane and bulk fields is incapable of stabilizing the space naturally at the separation needed to generate the hierarchy. Consequently, a classical stabilization mechanism is required. We describe the proper method of regulating the loop integrals and show that, for large brane separation, the quantum effects are power suppressed and therefore have negligible affects on the bulk dynamics once a classical stabilization mechanism is in place.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0007065,
  title  = {Quantum Stabilization of Compactified AdS_5},
  author = {Walter D. Goldberger and Ira Z. Rothstein},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0007065},
  year   = {2010}
}

Comments

11 pages, LaTeX; new appendix which comments on logarithmic corrections to the potential for certain types of bulk fields and on the degree of fine tuning necessary for the radius stabilization proposal of hep-th/0212227

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