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Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking in the Space-time of an Arbitrary Dimension

High Energy Physics - Theory 2014-11-18 v3 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

We propose a new scenario to implement spontaneous symmetry breaking in the space-time of an arbitrary dimension (D>2) by introducing the non-minimal coupling between the scalar field and the gravity. In this scenario, the usage of the familiar lambda Phi ^4 term, which is non-renormalizable for D >= 5, can be avoided altogether.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0102179,
  title  = {Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking in the Space-time of an Arbitrary Dimension},
  author = {Je-An Gu and W-Y. P. Hwang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0102179},
  year   = {2014}
}

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13 pages, 2 figures, LaTeX