Phenomenology of a stabilized modulus
Abstract
We explore the phenomenology of a stabilized modulus field in the Randall-Sundrum scenario. It is found that if the large separation between branes arises from a small bulk scalar mass then the modulus (i.e. radion) is likely to be lighter than the lowest Kaluza-Klein excitations of bulk fields, and consequently may be the first direct signature of the model. Four-dimensional general covariance completely determines the couplings of the modulus to Standard Model fields. The strength of these couplings is determined by a single parameter which is set by the TeV rather than the Planck scale.
- Publication:
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Physics Letters B
- Pub Date:
- March 2000
- DOI:
- 10.1016/S0370-2693(00)00099-X
- arXiv:
- arXiv:hep-ph/9911457
- Bibcode:
- 2000PhLB..475..275G
- Keywords:
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- High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
- E-Print:
- 10 pages, LaTeX