Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
2000-03-08
JHEP 0009 (2000) 012
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
15 pages, LaTeX2e. Major revisions; see abstract
Scientific paper
10.1088/1126-6708/2000/09/012
We consider `brane universe' scenarios with standard-model fields localized on a 3-brane in 6 spacetime dimensions. We show that if the spacetime is rotationally symmetric about the brane, local quantities in the bulk are insensitive to the couplings on the brane. This potentially allows compactifications where the effective 4-dimensional cosmological constant is independent of the couplings on the 3-brane. We consider several possible singularity-free compactification mechanisms, and find that they do not maintain this property. We also find solutions with naked spacetime singularities, and we speculate that new short-distance physics can become important near the singularities and allow a compactification with the desired properties. The picture that emerges is that standard-model loop contributions to the effective 4-dimensional cosmological constant can be cut off at distances shorter than the compactification scale. At shorter distance scales, renormalization effects due to standard-model fields renormalize the 3-brane tension, which changes a deficit angle in the transverse space without affecting local quantities in the bulk. For a compactification scale of order 10^{-2} mm, this gives a standard-model contribution to the cosmological constant in the range favored by cosmology.
Chen Jiunn-Wei
Luty Markus A.
Ponton Eduardo
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