Stress-energy tensor for a quantized bulk scalar field in the Randall-Sundrum brane model

2003/09/30 by A. Knapman, Alan Knapman, David J. Toms +1 · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #gr-qc #hep-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevd.69.044023

published as Phys.Rev. D69 (2004) 044023 · 16 pages, 3 figures. Minor changes made and references added. To appear in Phys. Rev. D

arxiv created 2003/12/03 · openalex publication_date 2004/02/27 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

We calculate the vacuum expectation value of the stress-energy tensor for a quantized bulk scalar field in the Randall-Sundrum model and discuss the consequences of its local behavior for the self-consistency of the model. We find that, in general, the stress-energy tensor diverges in the vicinity of the branes. Our main conclusion is that the stress-energy tensor is sufficiently complicated that it has implications for the effective potential, or radion stabilization, methods that have so far been used.

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