Modulus Stabilization with Bulk Fields
Walter D. Goldberger, Mark B. Wise
TL;DR
A mechanism for stabilizing the size of the extra dimension in the Randall-Sundrum scenario is proposed and the minimum of this potential yields a compactification scale that solves the hierarchy problem without fine-tuning of parameters.
Abstract
We propose a mechanism for stabilizing the size of the extra dimension in the Randall-Sundrum scenario. The potential for the modulus field that sets the size of the fifth dimension is generated by a bulk scalar with quartic interactions localized on the two 3-branes. The minimum of this potential yields a compactification scale that solves the hierarchy problem without fine tuning of parameters.