Fischler, Willy2011-02-172011-02-172017-05-112011-02-172011-02-172017-05-112009-12December 2http://hdl.handle.net/2152/ETD-UT-2009-12-699textI summarize the Randall-Sundrum braneworld scenario, and its application to solving the hierarchy problem in the Standard Model of elementary particles. A generalized Randall-Sundrum scenario is presented, which includes the presence of string-inspired massless Kalb-Ramond and dilaton fields, and includes their backreaction on the metric. It is shown that in such a scenario, solutions exist which can achieve the desired warping on the Standard Model brane, and which stabilize the modulus corresponding to the radius of the extra dimension.application/pdfengBraneworldsRandall-Sundrum scenarioKalb-RamondElementary particlesthesis2011-02-17