357 research outputs found
Cosmology and Hierarchy in Stabilized Warped Brane Models
We examine the cosmology and hierarchy of scales in models with branes
immersed in a five-dimensional curved spacetime subject to radion
stabilization. When the radion field is time-independent and the inter-brane
spacing is stabilized, the universe can naturally find itself in the
radiation-dominated epoch. This feature is independent of the form of the
stabilizing potential. We recover the standard Friedmann equations without
assuming a specific form for the bulk energy-momentum tensor. In the models
considered, if the observable brane has positive tension, a solution to the
hierarchy problem requires the presence of a negative tension brane somewhere
in the bulk. We find that the string scale can be as low as the electroweak
scale. In the situation of self-tuning branes where the bulk cosmological
constant is set to zero, the brane tensions have hierarchical values. In the
case of a polynomial stabilizing potential no new hierarchy is created.Comment: Version to appear in PL
4D gravity localized in non Z_2-symmetric thick branes
We present a comparative analysis of localization of 4D gravity on a non
Z_2-symmetric scalar thick brane in both a 5-dimensional Riemannian space time
and a pure geometric Weyl integrable manifold. This work was mainly motivated
by the hypothesis which claims that Weyl geometries mimic quantum behaviour
classically. We start by obtaining a classical 4-dimensional Poincare invariant
thick brane solution which does not respect Z_2-symmetry along the
(non-)compact extra dimension. The scalar energy density of our field
configuration represents several series of thick branes with positive and
negative energy densities centered at y_0. The only qualitative difference we
have encountered when comparing both frames is that the scalar curvature of the
Riemannian manifold turns out to be singular for the found solution, whereas
its Weylian counterpart presents a regular behaviour. By studying the
transverse traceless modes of the fluctuations of the classical backgrounds, we
recast their equations into a Schroedinger's equation form with a volcano
potential of finite bottom (in both frames). By solving the Schroedinger
equation for the massless zero mode m^2=0 we obtain a single bound state which
represents a stable 4-dimensional graviton in both frames. We also get a
continuum gapless spectrum of KK states with positive m^2>0 that are suppressed
at y_0, turning into continuum plane wave modes as "y" approaches spatial
infinity. We show that for the considered solution to our setup, the potential
is always bounded and cannot adopt the form of a well with infinite walls;
thus, we do not get a discrete spectrum of KK states, and we conclude that the
claim that Weylian structures mimic, classically, quantum behaviour does not
constitute a generic feature of these geometric manifolds.Comment: 13 pages, 4 figures, JHEP forma
On Tunnelling In Two-Throat Warped Reheating
We revisit the energy transfer necessary for the warped reheating scenario in
a two-throat geometry. We study KK mode wavefunctions of the full two-throat
system in the Randall--Sundrum (RS) approximation and find an interesting
subtlety in the calculation of the KK mode tunnelling rate. While wavepacket
tunnelling is suppressed unless the Standard Model throat is very long,
wavefunctions of modes localized in different throats have a non-zero overlap
and energy can be transferred between the throats by interactions between such
KK modes. The corresponding decay rates are calculated and found to be faster
than the tunnelling rates found in previously published works. However, it
turns out that the imaginary parts of the mode frequencies, induced by the
decay, slow the decay rates themselves down. The self-consistent decay rate
turns out to be given by the plane wave tunnelling rate considered previously
in the literature. We then discuss mechanisms that may enhance the energy
transfer between the throats over the RS rates. In particular, we study models
in which the warp factor changes in the UV region less abruptly than in the RS
model, and find that it is easy to build phenomenological models in which the
plane wave tunnelling rate, and hence the KK mode interaction rates, are
enhanced compared to the standard RS setup.Comment: 27 pages + appendices, 5 figures, latex. v2: Discussion of decay in
Section 4 changed: the most dangerous graviton amplitudes are zero, the
results are now more positive for the warped reheating scenario; typos fixed,
discussion cleaned up. v3:corrections in Section 5 (decay rates slowed down),
mild changes of overall conclusion
Flowing to four dimensions
We analyze the properties of a model with four-dimensional brane-localized
Higgs type potential of a six dimensional scalar field satisfying the Dirichlet
boundary condition on the boundary of a transverse two-dimensional compact
space. The regularization of the localized couplings generates classical
renormalization group running. A tachyonic mass parameter grows in the
infrared, in analogy with the QCD gauge coupling in four dimensions. We find a
phase transition at a critical value of the bare mass parameter such that the
running mass parameter becomes large in the infrared precisely at the
compactification scale. Below the critical coupling, the theory is in symmetric
phase, whereas above it spontaneous symmetry breaking occurs. Close to the
phase transition point there is a very light mode in the spectrum. The massive
Kaluza-Klein spectrum at the critical coupling becomes independent of the UV
cutoff.Comment: 22 pages, LaTe
Successful Yukawa structures in Warped Extra Dimensions
For a RS model, with SM fields in the bulk and the Higgs boson on the
TeV-brane, we suggest two specific structures for the Yukawa couplings, one
based on a permutation symmetry and the other on the Universal Strength of
Yukawa couplings hypothesis (USY). In USY, all Yukawa couplings have equal
strength and the difference in the Yukawa structure lies in some complex phase.
In both scenarios, all Yukawa couplings are of the same order of magnitude.
Thus, the main features of the fermion hierarchies are explained through the RS
geometrical mechanism, and not because some Yukawa coupling is extremely small.
We find that the RS model is particularly appropriate to incorporate the
suggested Yukawa configurations. Indeed, the RS geometrical mechanism of
fermion locations along the extra dimension, combined with the two Yukawa
scenarios, reproduces all the present experimental data on fermion masses and
mixing angles. It is quite remarkable that in the USY case, only two complex
phases of definite value +-Pi/2 are sufficient to generate the known neutrino
mass differences, while at same time, permitting large leptonic mixing in
agreement with experiment.Comment: 11 page
Variable-Speed-of-Light Cosmology from Brane World Scenario
We argue that the four-dimensional universe on the TeV brane of the
Randall-Sundrum scenario takes the bimetric structure of Clayton and Moffat,
with gravitons traveling faster than photons instead, while the radion varies
with time. We show that such brane world bimetric model can thereby solve the
flatness and the cosmological constant problems, provided the speed of a
graviton decreases to the present day value rapidly enough. The resolution of
other cosmological problems such as the horizon problem and the monopole
problem requires supplementation by inflation, which may be achieved by the
radion field provided the radion potential satisfies the slow-roll
approximation.Comment: 18 pages, LaTeX, revised version to appear in Phys. Rev.
AdS/CFT for Four-Point Amplitudes involving Gravitino Exchange
In this paper we compute the tree-level four-point scattering amplitude of
two dilatini and two axion-dilaton fields in type IIB supergravity in AdS5 x
S5. A special feature of this process is that there is an "exotic" channel in
which there are no singleparticle poles. Another novelty is that this process
involves the exchange of a bulk gravitino. The amplitude is interpreted in
terms of N = 4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory at large 't Hooft coupling.
Properties of the Operator Product Expansion are used to analyze the various
contributions from single- and double-trace operators in the weak and strongly
coupled regimes, and to determine the anomalous dimensions of semi-short
operators. The analysis is particularly clear in the exotic channel, given the
absence of BPS states.Comment: 32 pages, 1 figure. Published Version. Minor change
Origami World
We paste together patches of to find solutions which describe two
4-branes intersecting on a 3-brane with non-zero tension. We construct
explicitly brane arrays with Minkowski, de Sitter and Anti-de Sitter geometries
intrinsic to the 3-brane, and describe how to generalize these solutions to the
case of , , where -branes intersect on a 3-brane. The
Minkowski and de Sitter solutions localize gravity to the intersection, leading
to 4D Newtonian gravity at large distances. We show this explicitly in the case
of Minkowski origami by finding the zero-mode graviton, and computing the
couplings of the bulk gravitons to the matter on the intersection. In de Sitter
case, this follows from the finiteness of the bulk volume. The effective 4D
Planck scale depends on the square of the fundamental 6D Planck scale, the
radius and the angles between the 4-branes and the radial
direction, and for the Minkowski origami it is . If this may account for the Planck-electroweak hierarchy even if , with a possibility for sub-millimeter corrections to the
Newton's law. We comment on the early universe cosmology of such models.Comment: plain LaTeX, 23 pages + 2 .eps figure
Gravity and Matter in Extra Dimensions
In this paper, we derive from the viewpoint of the effective 4D theory the
interaction terms between linearized gravity propagating in N>= 2 large extra
dimensions and matter propagating into one extra dimension. This generalizes
known results for the interactions between gravity and 4D matter in ADD-type
models. Although we assume that matter is described by an Universal Extra
Dimensions (UED) scenario (with all fields propagating into the fifth
dimension), we present our results in a general form that can be easily adapted
to various other scenarios of matter distribution. We then apply our results to
the UED model on a fat brane and consider some phenomenological applications.
Among these are the computation of the gravitational decay widths of the matter
KK excitations and the effect the width of the brane has on the interactions of
gravity with Standard Model particles. We also estimate the cross-section for
producing single KK excitations at colliders through KK number-violating
gravitational interaction.Comment: 21 pages, 6 figures, Late
Critical Statistical Charge for Anyonic Superconductivity
We examine a criterion for the anyonic superconductivity at zero temperature
in Abelian matter-coupled Chern-Simons gauge field theories in three
dimensions. By solving the Dyson-Schwinger equations, we obtain a critical
value of the statistical charge for the superconducting phase in a massless
fermion-Chern-Simons model.Comment: 11 pages; to appear in Phys Rev
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