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On gauge theories of mass

Mathematical Physics 2012-01-04 v8 math.MP

Abstract

Mass as broken conformal symmetry: the graviton makes better sense as a Goldstone boson associated to the dilaton, than vice versa. The discussion of the Yamabe problem for the interior Schwarzschild solution [\S 4.2.4] has been sharpened in this revision.

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@article{arxiv.1001.0965,
  title  = {On gauge theories of mass},
  author = {Jack Morava},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1001.0965},
  year   = {2012}
}

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Concluding unscientific postscript & extended disco remix