Regarding the radion in Randall-Sundrum models with brane curvature

In Randall-Sundrum models, one typically expects the radion to be the lightest new “gravity” state, as it is dual to a composite pseudo-Goldstone boson associated with conformal symmetry breaking in the IR. Here, we investigate the effects of localized brane curvature on the properties of the radion in Goldberger-Wise stabilized Randall-Sundrum models. We point out that both the radion mass and coupling to brane matter are sensitive to the brane curvature. Radion/Higgs kinetic mixing, via an IR-localized nonminimal coupling to the Higgs, is also investigated, in relation to the ghostlike radion that can occur for $\mathcal{O}(10)$ values of the IR curvature (as required to significantly suppress the first Kaluza-Klein graviton mass). We also discuss a class of IR-localized terms involving the radion. Basic comments regarding the dual four-dimensional theory are offered.