On Brane Stabilization and the Cosmological Constant
arXiv:hep-th/0012106 · doi:10.1016/S0370-2693(01)00458-0
Abstract
We address the problem of the cosmological constant within the Randall-Sundrum scenario with a brane stabilization mechanism. We consider brane tensions of general form. We examine the conditions under which a small change of the positive tension of the first brane can be absorbed in a small modification of the two-brane configuration, instead of manifesting itself as a cosmological constant. We demonstrate that it is possible to have a cosmological constant in the range predicted by recent observational data, if there is an ultraviolet cutoff of order 10 TeV in the contributions to the brane tension from vacuum fluctuations.
10 pages, 1 figure, clarified presentation in the third section, references added, to appear in Phys. Lett. B
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