Matrix Models, Emergent Spacetime and Symmetry Breaking
High Energy Physics - Theory
2010-01-18 v1
Abstract
We discuss how a matrix model recently shown to describe emergent gravity may contain extra degrees of freedom which reproduce some characteristics of the standard model, in particular the breaking of symmetries and the correct quantum numbers of fermions.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1001.2706,
title = {Matrix Models, Emergent Spacetime and Symmetry Breaking},
author = {Harald Grosse and Fedele Lizzi and Harold Steinacker},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1001.2706},
year = {2010}
}
Comments
10 pages. Talk presented by F.L. at the XXV Max Born Symposium, Wroclaw 2009