Higgs mass sensitivity and localization due to Fayet-Iliopoulos terms on 5D orbifolds

Abstract

In this talk we review calculations of FI-tadpoles in 5 dimensional (non-)supersymmetric orbifold theories. Some consequences of these tadpoles are discussed: quadratic Higgs-mass sensitivity to a high scale, and localization of bulk matter fields to the orbifold fixed points.

Comments: LaTeX, 5 pages. Invited talk given at the XXXVIIth Rencontres de Moriond session devoted to Electroweak Interactions And Unified Theories, March 9-16 2002, Les Arcs (France)