Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
2002-10-29
JHEP 0302 (2003) 054
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
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Scientific paper
10.1088/1126-6708/2003/02/054
In this paper, I explain how gauge symmetry can be broken in a geometric way, \`{a} la Kaluza-Klein. In higher dimensional gravitational theories, one usually considers the extra dimensions to be ``frozen'' in time. However, the internal manifold is actually a dynamic entity. For example, its metric can change even if one expects its topological properties to be invariant. It is conceivable then, that at an earlier epoch the internal manifold made a geometric transition from say a maximally symmetric metric space to a less symmetric one. We know in a Kaluza-Klein reduction scheme, the massless gauge bosons are associated with the Killing vectors of the internal manifold. After the transition of the internal manifold, the gauge bosons associated with the broken Killing isometries will pick up a mass thereby breaking the gauge invariance partially. In this paper, I explore this idea, work out the mass of broken gauge bosons for some simple examples, and also point out how a mechanism similar to that of Higgs may be at work.
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