Fermion Masses Through Condensation in Spacetimes with Torsion
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2013-12-11 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
High Energy Physics - Theory
Abstract
In this paper we argue the possibility that fermion masses, in particular quarks, originate through the condensation of a fourth family that interacts with all of the quarks via a contact four-fermion term coming from the existence of torsion on the spacetime. Extra dimensions are considered to avoid the hierarchy problem.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1310.4124,
title = {Fermion Masses Through Condensation in Spacetimes with Torsion},
author = {Oscar Castillo-Felisola and Cristobal Corral and Cristian Villavicencio and Alfonso R. Zerwekh},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1310.4124},
year = {2013}
}
Comments
8 pages, including 3 appendices and bibliography. No figures. RevTex format. Published in Phys. Rev. D