1991/04/01 by Roberto Percacci, R. Percacci · 3 citations
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Classical mechanics #Computer science #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Geometry #Higgs boson #Higgs field #Mathematics #Metric (unit) #Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories #Phenomenon #Physics #Quantum #Quantum gravity #Quantum mechanics #Symmetry (geometry) #Symmetry breaking #Theoretical physics #Unification #hep-th
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published as Nucl. Phys. B353, 271-290 (1991) · This paper was published long ago but was not previously available in the archive. Some updates have been added in a postscript and some recent references added
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The Higgs phenomenon occurs in theories of gravity in which the connection is an independent dynamical variable. The role of order parameters is played by the soldering form and a fiber metric. The breaking of the original gauge symmetry is linked to the appearance of geometrical structures on spacetime. These facts suggest certain modifications and generalizations of the theory. We propose a Higgs-like model which provides a dynamical explanation for the nondegeneracy of the metric and a framework for the unification of gravity with the other interactions.