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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doaj-e7902e2e1f32411fbb218ad9448fc5822020-11-24T23:03:41ZengHindawi LimitedAdvances in High Energy Physics1687-73571687-73652016-01-01201610.1155/2016/53532675353267Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking in 5D Conformally Invariant GravityTaeyoon Moon0Phillial Oh1Department of Physics and Institute of Basic Science, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 440-746, Republic of KoreaDepartment of Physics and Institute of Basic Science, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 440-746, Republic of KoreaWe 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.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/5353267 |
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Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking in 5D Conformally Invariant Gravity |
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Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking in 5D Conformally Invariant Gravity |
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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. |
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