Vacuum energy and dynamical symmetry breaking in curved spacetime
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2012-03-29 v1 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
High Energy Physics - Theory
Abstract
We argue that calculating vacuum energy requires quantum field theory whose axioms are adapted to curved spacetime. In this context, we suggest that non-zero vacuum energy is connected to dynamical breaking of electroweak symmetry. The observed meV scale can be understood in terms of electroweak physics via a naive estimate. The scenario requires all particle masses to have a dynamical origin. Any Higgs particle has to be a composite, and the origin of vacuum energy might be probed at the LHC.
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@article{arxiv.1203.6259,
title = {Vacuum energy and dynamical symmetry breaking in curved spacetime},
author = {Syksy Rasanen},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1203.6259},
year = {2012}
}
Comments
6 pages, written for the Gravity Research Foundation essay competition