Supersymmetrizing branes with bulk in five-dimensional supergravity

We supersymmetrize a class of moduli dependent potentials living on branes with the help of additional bulk terms in 5d N = 2 supergravity. The resulting theories are gauged supergravities with specific relations between bulk and brans cosmological potentials. The space of Poincare invariant vacuum solutions includes the Randall-Sundrum solution and the M-theoretical solution. After adding gauge sectors to the branes we discuss breakdown of low energy supersymmetry in this setup and hierarchy of physical scales. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.