Towards a Higgs phase of gravity in string theory
High Energy Physics - Theory
2010-10-27 v3 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract
We consider a braneworld scenario with a black brane parallel to our brane, aiming towards a Higgs phase of gravity in string theory. The existence of the black brane spontaneously breaks the Lorentz symmetry on our brane but preserves the rotational and translational invariance. If all moduli are stabilized then this should lead to a Higgs phase of gravity. We investigate moduli stabilization by using a KKLT-type moduli potential in the context of type IIB warped flux compactification.
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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0610254,
title = {Towards a Higgs phase of gravity in string theory},
author = {Shinji Mukohyama},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0610254},
year = {2010}
}
Comments
34 pages. v2: discussion of consistency conditions including moduli stabilization. v3: version accepted for publication in JHEP