Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking in 5D Conformally Invariant Gravity

We explore the possibility of the spontaneous symmetry breaking in 5D conformally invariant gravity, whose action consists of a scalar field nonminimally coupled to the curvature with its potential. Performing dimensional reduction via ADM decomposition, we find that the model allows an exact soluti...

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Published in:Advances in high energy physics 2016-01, Vol.2016 (2016), p.1-7
Main Authors: Moon, Taeyoon, Oh, Phillial
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Computer simulation
Expanding universe theory
Gravity
Spacetime
Symmetry
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Summary:We explore the possibility of the spontaneous symmetry breaking in 5D conformally invariant gravity, whose action consists of a scalar field nonminimally coupled to the curvature with its potential. Performing dimensional reduction via ADM decomposition, we find that the model allows an exact solution giving rise to the 4D Minkowski vacuum. Exploiting the conformal invariance with Gaussian warp factor, we show that it also admits a solution which implements the spontaneous breaking of conformal symmetry. We investigate its stability by performing the tensor perturbation and find the resulting system is described by the conformal quantum mechanics. Possible applications to the spontaneous symmetry breaking of time-translational symmetry along the dynamical fifth direction and the brane-world scenario are discussed.
ISSN:1687-7357
1687-7365
DOI:10.1155/2016/5353267