General matter coupled N=2, D=5 gauged supergravity

We give the full Lagrangean and supersymmetry transformation rules for D = 5, N = 2 supergravity interacting with an arbitrary number of vector, tenso r and hyper-multiplets, with gauging of the R-symmetry group SU(2)(R) as we ll as a subgroup K of the isometries of the scalar manifold. Among the many possible applications, this theory provides the setting where a supersymme tric brane-world scenario could occur. We comment on the presence of AdS va cua and BPS solutions that would be relevant towards a supersymmetric smoot h realization of the Randall-Sundrum "alternative to compactification". We also add some remarks on the connection between this most general 5D fully coupled supergravity model and type IIB theory on the T-11 manifold. (C) 20 00 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.