On brane stabilization and the cosmological constant

N. Tetradis
2001 Physics Letters B  
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
more » ... rvational data, if there is an ultraviolet cutoff of order 10 TeV in the contributions to the brane tension from vacuum fluctuations.
doi:10.1016/s0370-2693(01)00458-0 fatcat:wqg76643yvc77blamtpph7awn4