Echoes from a Warped Dimension

The Randall-Sundrum (RS) model, based on a slice of warped 5D spacetime, was originally introduced to explain the apparent hierarchy between the scales of weak and gravitational interactions. Over the past decade, this model has been extended to provide a predictive theory of flavor, as well as to address various constraints from precision data. In this talk, we will present a brief review of the RS model and some of its extensions. A survey of some key signatures of realistic warped models and the experimental challenges they pose will be presented. We will also consider truncated warped scenarios that address smaller hierarchies and discuss why their discovery can have improved prospects, at the LHC.