Published May 15, 2002 | Version v1
Journal article

Flavor dynamics with conformal matter and gauge theories on compact hyperbolic manifolds in extra dimensions

  • 1. Theoretical Physics Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455 (United States)

Description

We outline a toy model in which a unique mechanism may trigger a dynamical chain resulting in key low-energy regularities. The starting points are a negative cosmological term in the bulk and conformally invariant nongravity sector. These elements ensure compactification of the extra dimensional space on a compact hyperbolic manifold (with the negative and constant scalar curvature). The overall geometry is then M4xBn. The negative curvature on Bn triggers the formation of the four-dimensional defect which provides in turn a dynamical localization of ordinary particles. It also leads, simultaneously, to a spontaneous breaking of gauge symmetry through a Higgs mechanism. Masses of the fermions, gauge bosons and scalars all derive from the curvature of the internal manifold such that the Higgs boson is generally heavier than the gauge bosons. The factorizable geometry M4xBn and flatness of M4 require fine tuning

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Journal Title
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
Journal Volume
65
Journal Issue
10
Journal Page Range
p. 104002-104002.8
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDAQ

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(c) 2002 The American Physical Society