Planck and electroweak scales emerging from conformal gravity

Abstract We show that both the Planck and electroweak mass scales can be generated from conformal gravity via the Coleman–Weinberg mechanism of dimensional transmutation. At the first step, the Planck scale is generated via the Coleman–Weinberg mechanism in the sector of conformal gravity, which mea...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ichiro Oda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2018-10-01
Series:European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1140/epjc/s10052-018-6289-8