The Higgs sector of gravitational gauge theories (Q2368889)

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The Higgs sector of gravitational gauge theories
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    The Higgs sector of gravitational gauge theories (English)
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    28 April 2006
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    Following the methods used in constructing the gauge theory of the de Sitter group, a similar approach is used to investigate the Higgs sector of gauge theories of gravity for different symmetry groups. It is shown that through symmetry breaking, the Lorentzian signature of the metric is naturally singled out.
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    gravitational gauge theories
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    Higgs sector
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    symmetry braking
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