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Gauge-Higgs Unification Approach

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2015-06-05 v2 High Energy Physics - Lattice

Abstract

When the extra dimensional space is not simply-connected, dynamics of the AB phase in the extra dimension can induce dynamical gauge symmetry breaking by the Hosotani mechanism. This opens up a new way of achieving unification of gauge forces. It leads to the gauge-Higgs unification. The Hosotani mechanism can be established nonperturbatively by lattice simulations, in which measurements of the Polyakov line give a clue.

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@article{arxiv.1206.0552,
  title  = {Gauge-Higgs Unification Approach},
  author = {Yutaka Hosotani},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1206.0552},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

6 pages, 5 figures. Proceeding for GUT 2012, Kyoto, 15-17 March 2012. A few references added

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