Conformal Higgs Gravity

2015/05/25 by Ichiro Oda, Oda, Ichiro
Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #FOS: Physical sciences #General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc) #High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph) #High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th) #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1505.06760

openalex publication_date 2015/05/25 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

We construct a model of conformal gravity with Higgs field. This model has a positive Newton's constant and exhibits a novel symmetry breaking mechanism of gauge symmetries. A possible application to cosmology is briefly mentioned.

Citations

• Observation of a new particle in the search for the Standard Model Higgs boson with the ATLAS detector at the LHC
• Broken symmetry can yield a positive effective G in conformal gravity

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