Riemann-Einstein Structure from Volume and Gauge Symmetry
Abstract
It is shown how a metric structure can be induced in a simple way starting with a gauge structure and a preferred volume, by spontaneous symmetry breaking. A polynomial action, including coupling to matter, is constructed for the symmetric phase. It is argued that assuming a preferred volume, in the context of a metric theory, induces only a limited modification of the theory.
- Publication:
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Physical Review Letters
- Pub Date:
- June 1998
- DOI:
- 10.1103/PhysRevLett.80.4851
- arXiv:
- arXiv:hep-th/9801184
- Bibcode:
- 1998PhRvL..80.4851W
- Keywords:
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- High Energy Physics - Theory;
- General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
- E-Print:
- LaTeX, 13 pages