Tachyons in a slice of AdS

DOI10.1016/S0370-2693(03)00534-3MaRDI QIDQ1874014zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Yanyan Li

Publication date 21 May 2003

Published in Physics Letters B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0301151

zbMATH Keywords

compactificationRandall-Sundrum scenarioscalar fieldsbranesBreitenlohner-Freedman bound

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Kaluza-Klein and other higher-dimensional theories (83E15) String and superstring theories in gravitational theory (83E30)

Abstract: Stability of AdS space allows scalar fields to have negative mass squared as long as the Breitenlohner-Freedman bound is satisfied. In a compactification of AdS instead, to avoid instabilities, a tachyonic bulk mass must be supplemented by appropriate brane actions. In this paper we clarify the meaning of the lower bound in the Randall-Sundrum scenario with two branes and explain how the instability disappears in the infinite space limit. A CFT interpretation is also given as radiative symmetry breaking.

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• AdS/CFT correspondence and symmetry breaking
• An Alternative to Compactification
• Bulk fields and supersymmetry in a slice of AdS
• Large \(N\) field theories, string theory and gravity

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