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Higgs Mechanism and Bulk Gauge Boson Masses in the Randall-Sundrum Model

arXiv:hep-ph/0005286 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.63.045010

Abstract

Assuming the breaking of gauge symmetries by the Higgs mechanism, we consider the associated bulk gauge boson masses in the Randall-Sundrum background. With the Higgs field confined on the TeV-brane, the W and Z boson masses can naturally be an order of magnitude smaller than their Kaluza-Klein excitation masses. Current electroweak precision data requires the lowest excited state to lie above about 30 TeV, with fermions on the TeV-brane. This bound is reduced to about 10 TeV if the fermions reside sufficiently close to the Planck-brane. Thus, some tuning of parameters is needed. We also discuss the bulk Higgs case, where the bounds are an order of magnitude smaller.

5 pages, 5 figures, using REVTeX, slightly expanded version to appear in Phys. Rev. D

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