The Scalar Field Of 5D Gravity And The Higgs Field Of 4D Particle Physics: A Possible Connection

2010/03/12 by Paul S. Wesson, Wesson, Paul S. · 1 citation
Computer Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Computational Physics and Python Applications #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #FOS: Physical sciences #General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc) #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #gr-qc

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1003.2476

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Abstract

The main results are reviewed of relating the scalar field of noncompactified Kaluza-Klein gravity to the Higgs field of particle physics. The embedding of 4D spacetime in a 5D manifold can result in a variable cosmological 'constant' and particle masses tiny compared to the Planck value.

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