Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
2006-03-16
Class.Quant.Grav.23:6409-6423,2006
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
20 pages, 1 figure, revised and added references
Scientific paper
10.1088/0264-9381/23/22/019
We study the theory of Weyl conformal gravity with matter degrees of freedom in a conformally invariant interaction. Specifically, we consider a triplet of scalar fields and SO(3) non-abelian gauge fields, i.e. the Georgi-Glashow model conformally coupled to Weyl gravity. We show that the equations of motion admit solutions spontaneously breaking the conformal symmetry and the gauge symmetry, providing a mechanism for supplying a scale in the theory. The vacuum solution corresponds to anti-de-Sitter space-time, while localized soliton solutions correspond to magnetic monopoles in asymptotically anti-de-Sitter space-time. The resulting effective action gives rise to Einstein gravity and the residual U(1) gauge theory. This mechanism strengthens the reasons for considering conformally invariant matter-gravity theory, which has shown promising indications concerning the problem of missing matter in galactic rotation curves.
Edery Ariel
Fabbri Luca
Paranjape M. B.
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