Scalar Field for Breaking Lorentz and Diffeomorphism Invariance

2003/10/09 by Jackiw, R.
#FOS: Physical sciences #General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc) #High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)

paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.gr-qc/0310053

Abstract

A scalar field can be inserted in Maxwell and/or Einstein theory to effect symmetry breaking. Consequences of such a modification are discussed. Possible dynamics for the scalar field are presented.

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