Perturbative unitarity for WL+ WL- \to WL+ WL- scattering is discussed within the Randall--Sundrum theory with two 3-branes. It is shown that the exchange of massive 4D Kaluza--Klein gravitons leads to amplitudes growing linearly with the CM energy squared. If the curvature, m0, of the metric is too small, the gravitational contributions lead to a violation of unitarity. However, m0 must be small enough relative to the 5D Planck mass, MPl5, to avoid quantum gravitational effects. As a result, we find that there is only a small range of m0/{MPl} for which the model is consistent. The width of the window is determined by the size of the 4D cutoff of the theory. The extension of the Randall--Sundrum scenario to include curvature-Higgs mixing is also considered and limits on the mixing parameter are determined.
PACS numbers: 11.10.Kk, 04.50.+h, 11.15.--q, 11.80.Et
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