scholarly journals Vacuum Expectation Value Profiles of the Bulk Scalar Field in the Generalized Randall-Sundrum Model

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
A. Tofighi ◽  
M. Moazzen ◽  
A. Farokhtabar

In the generalized Randall-Sundrum warped brane-world model the cosmological constant induced on the visible brane can be positive or negative. In this paper we investigate profiles of vacuum expectation value of the bulk scalar field under general Dirichlet and Neumann boundary conditions in the generalized warped brane-world model. We show that the VEV profiles generally depend on the value of the brane cosmological constant. We find that the VEV profiles of the bulk scalar field for a visible brane with negative cosmological constant and positive tension are quite distinct from those of Randall-Sundrum model. In addition we show that the VEV profiles for a visible brane with large positive cosmological constant are also different from those of the Randall-Sundrum model. We also verify that Goldberger and Wise mechanism can work under nonzero Dirichlet boundary conditions in the generalized Randall-Sundrum model.

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Junichi Haruna ◽  
Hikaru Kawai

Abstract In the standard model, the weak scale is the only parameter with mass dimensions. This means that the standard model itself cannot explain the origin of the weak scale. On the other hand, from the results of recent accelerator experiments, except for some small corrections, the standard model has increased the possibility of being an effective theory up to the Planck scale. From these facts, it is naturally inferred that the weak scale is determined by some dynamics from the Planck scale. In order to answer this question, we rely on the multiple point criticality principle as a clue and consider the classically conformal $\mathbb{Z}_2\times \mathbb{Z}_2$ invariant two-scalar model as a minimal model in which the weak scale is generated dynamically from the Planck scale. This model contains only two real scalar fields and does not contain any fermions or gauge fields. In this model, due to a Coleman–Weinberg-like mechanism, the one-scalar field spontaneously breaks the $ \mathbb{Z}_2$ symmetry with a vacuum expectation value connected with the cutoff momentum. We investigate this using the one-loop effective potential, renormalization group and large-$N$ limit. We also investigate whether it is possible to reproduce the mass term and vacuum expectation value of the Higgs field by coupling this model with the standard model in the Higgs portal framework. In this case, the one-scalar field that does not break $\mathbb{Z}_2$ can be a candidate for dark matter and have a mass of about several TeV in appropriate parameters. On the other hand, the other scalar field breaks $\mathbb{Z}_2$ and has a mass of several tens of GeV. These results will be verifiable in near-future experiments.


2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (38) ◽  
pp. 2050057
Author(s):  
Hai Lin ◽  
Gaurav Narain

In this paper, we look for AdS solutions to generalized gravity theories in the bulk in various spacetime dimensions. The bulk gravity action includes the action of a non-minimally coupled scalar field with gravity, and a higher-derivative action of gravity. The usual Einstein–Hilbert gravity is induced when the scalar acquires a nonzero vacuum expectation value. The equation of motion in the bulk shows scenarios where AdS geometry emerges on-shell. We further obtain the action of the fluctuation fields on the background at quadratic and cubic orders.


2015 ◽  
Vol 30 (35) ◽  
pp. 1550213 ◽  
Author(s):  
Davide Fermi ◽  
Livio Pizzocchero

Applying the general framework for local zeta regularization proposed in Part I of this series of papers, we renormalize the vacuum expectation value of the stress-energy tensor (and of the total energy) for a scalar field in presence of an external harmonic potential.


Author(s):  
Silvia Nagy ◽  
Antonio Padilla ◽  
Ivonne Zavala

Understanding de Sitter space in supergravity—and string theory—has led to an intense amount of work for more than two decades, largely motivated by the discovery of the accelerated expansion of the Universe in 1998. In this paper, we consider a non-trivial generalization of unimodular gravity to minimal N = 1 supergravity, which allows for de Sitter solutions without the need of introducing any matter. We formulate a superspace version of the Stückelberg procedure, which restores diffeomorphism and local supersymmetry invariance. This introduces the goldstino associated with spontaneous breaking of supersymmetry in a natural way. The cosmological constant and gravitino mass are related to the vacuum expectation value of the components of a Lagrange multiplier imposing a super-unimodularity condition.


1983 ◽  
Vol 61 (3) ◽  
pp. 415-427
Author(s):  
V. Elias ◽  
T. N. Sherry

One (internal gauge boson) loop corrections to the scalar field self-couplings of a spontaneously broken Abelian gauge theory are shown to be independent of one loop shifts in mass (and vacuum expectation value) from tree approximation values, suggesting that stability of arbitrarily large mass ratios under perturbation theory may be possible under an appropriately chosen set of renormalization conditions. However, imposition of a large mass ratio is shown to lead to overly large first order corrections to scalar field self-couplings, independent of the choice of renormalization conditions.


2002 ◽  
Vol 11 (05) ◽  
pp. 715-731 ◽  
Author(s):  
EUGEN RADU ◽  
DUMITRU ASTEFANESEI

The behavior of a arbitrary coupled quantum scalar field is studied in the background of the Gödel spacetime. Closed forms are derived for the effective action and the vacuum expectation value of quadratic field fluctuations by using ζ-function regularization. Based on these results, we argue that causality violation presented in this spacetime cannot be removed by quantum effects.


2001 ◽  
Vol 16 (26) ◽  
pp. 1703-1710 ◽  
Author(s):  
DONAM YOUM

We study static brane configurations in the bulk background of the topological black holes in asymptotically flat space–time and find that such configurations are possible even for flat black hole horizon, unlike the AdS black hole case. We construct the brane world model with an orbifold structure S1/Z2 in such bulk background and study massless bulk scalar field.


2013 ◽  
Vol 28 (01) ◽  
pp. 1350001 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. A. DE LORENCI ◽  
G. MENEZES ◽  
N. F. SVAITER

We investigate the effects of light-cone fluctuations over the renormalized vacuum expectation value of the stress–energy tensor of a real massless minimally coupled scalar field defined in a (d+1)-dimensional flat space–time with topology [Formula: see text]. For modeling the influence of light-cone fluctuations over the quantum field, we consider a random Klein–Gordon equation. We study the case of centered Gaussian processes. After taking into account all the realizations of the random processes, we present the correction caused by random fluctuations. The averaged renormalized vacuum expectation value of the stress–energy associated with the scalar field is presented.


2018 ◽  
Vol 781 ◽  
pp. 621-625 ◽  
Author(s):  
Preston Jones ◽  
Patrick McDougall ◽  
Michael Ragsdale ◽  
Douglas Singleton

Author(s):  
Michael Kachelriess

Noethers theorem shows that continuous global symmetries lead classically to conservation laws. Such symmetries can be divided into spacetime and internal symmetries. The invariance of Minkowski space-time under global Poincaré transformations leads to the conservation of the four-momentum and the total angular momentum. Examples for conserved charges due to internal symmetries are electric and colour charge. The vacuum expectation value of a Noether current is shown to beconserved in a quantum field theory if the symmetry transformation keeps the path-integral measure invariant.


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