Mass generation by a Lorentz-invariant gas of spacetime defects
High Energy Physics - Theory
2017-10-18 v4 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract
We present a simple model of defects embedded in flat spacetime, where the model is designed to maintain Lorentz invariance over large length scales. Even without remnant Lorentz violation, there are still effects from these spacetime defects on the propagation of physical fields, notably mass generation for scalars and Dirac fermions.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1703.10585,
title = {Mass generation by a Lorentz-invariant gas of spacetime defects},
author = {F. R. Klinkhamer and J. M. Queiruga},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1703.10585},
year = {2017}
}
Comments
16 pages; v4: published version