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Casimir Energy and Radius Stabilization in Five and Six Dimensional Orbifolds

Eduardo Ponton·Erich Poppitz
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We compute the one-loop Casimir energy of gravity and matter fields, obeying various boundary conditions, in 5-dimensional S^1/Z_2 and 6-dimensional T^2/Z_k orbifolds. We discuss the role of the Casimir energy in possible radius stabilization mechanisms and show that the presence of massive as well as massless fields can lead to minima with zero cosmological constant. In the 5-d orbifold, we also consider the case where kinetic terms localized at the fixed points are not small. We take into account their contribution to the Casimir energy and show that localized kinetic terms can also provide a mechanism for radius stabilization. We apply our results to a recently proposed 5-dimensional supersymmetric model of electroweak symmetry breaking and show that the Casimir energy with the minimal matter content is repulsive. Stabilizing the radius with zero cosmological constant requires, in this context, adding positive bulk cosmological constant and negative brane-tension counterterms.

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Eduardo Ponton, Erich Poppitz. 2001-06-14. Casimir Energy and Radius Stabilization in Five and Six Dimensional Orbifolds. https://doi.org/10.1088/1126-6708%2F2001%2F06%2F019

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