A class of elementary particle models without any adjustable real parameters

DOI10.1007/S10701-011-9586-8zbMATH Open1245.81304arXiv1104.4543OpenAlexW2136097449WikidataQ125127333 ScholiaQ125127333MaRDI QIDQ429832FDOQ429832

Authors: Gerard 't Hooft 

Publication date: 20 June 2012

Published in: Foundations of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Conventional particle theories such as the Standard Model have a number of freely adjustable coupling constants and mass parameters, depending on the symmetry algebra of the local gauge group and the representations chosen for the spinor and scalar fields. There seems to be no physical principle to determine these parameters as long as they stay within certain domains dictated by the renormalization group. Here however, reasons are given to demand that, when gravity is coupled to the system, local conformal invariance should be a spontaneously broken exact symmetry. The argument has to do with the requirement that black holes obey a complementarity principle relating ingoing observers to outside observers, or equivalently, initial states to final states. This condition fixes all parameters, including masses and the cosmological constant. We suspect that only examples can be found where these are all of order one in Planck units, but the values depend on the algebra chosen. This paper combines findings reported in two previous preprints, and puts these in a clearer perspective by shifting the emphasis towards the implications for particle models.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1104.4543

Recommendations

• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1749166
• Cosmological implications of conformal field theory
• Standard model with cosmologically broken quantum scale invariance
• The fine tuning of the cosmological constant in a conformal model
• The negative \(\beta\) function: from the standard model to quantum gravity

zbMATH Keywords

complementaritydivergencequantum gravityrenormalizationblack holeconformal anomalystandard modelYang-Mills fieldsHiggs mechanismEinstein-Hilbert actionWeyl curvaturecounter termsFaddeev Popoc ghostgravitons

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) Anomalies in quantum field theory (81T50) Gravitational interaction in quantum theory (81V17) Unified quantum theories (81V22) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Black holes (83C57) Supergravity (83E50)

Cites Work

• Quantum Theory of Gravity. I. The Canonical Theory
• Quantum Theory of Gravity. II. The Manifestly Covariant Theory
• Quantum Fields in Curved Space
• Closed form effective conformal anomaly actions in \(D\geq 4\).
• Conformal anomaly in Weyl theory and anomaly free superconformal theories
• Title not available (Why is that?)
• Intrinsically quantum-mechanical gravity and the cosmological constant problem
• \(S\) matrix for Yang-Mills and gravitational fields
• Three loop gauge \(\beta\)-function for the most general single gauge-coupling theory
• A kinematical approach to conformal cosmology

Cited In (48)

• The isotopic field-charge assumption applied to the electromagnetic interaction
• Bimetric, conformal supergravity and its superstring embedding
• Black hole evaporation in conformal gravity
• Extended Weyl invariance in a bimetric model and partial masslessness
• The origin of Weyl gauging in metric-affine theories
• A new property of the electromagnetic/Yang-Mills-conformal gravity system in spherical symmetry
• Charged and non-charged black hole solutions in mimetic gravitational theory
• On the ghost problem of conformal gravity
• Possible resolution of the Hubble tension with Weyl invariant gravity
• Agravity
• Conformal and non conformal dilaton gravity
• Renormalized AdS action and critical gravity
• Aspects of Weyl supergravity
• A new generic and structurally stable cosmological model without singularity
• Unattainable extended spacetime regions in conformal gravity
• Mass-independent area (or entropy) and thermodynamic volume products in conformal gravity
• A link that matters: towards phenomenological tests of unimodular asymptotic safety
• Making the case for conformal gravity
• Ultraviolet-complete quantum field theories with fractional operators
• What \(\xi\)? Cosmological constraints on the non-minimal coupling constant
• Holographic two-point functions in conformal gravity
• Dynamical spacetimes in conformal gravity
• Teleparallel gauge theory of gravity
• Weyl \(R^2\) inflation with an emergent Planck scale
• Positive cosmological constant, non-local gravity and horizon entropy
• Early universe in quantum gravity
• Aspects of quadratic gravity
• Stability and quasinormal modes of black holes in conformal Weyl gravity
• Electromagnetic interaction in the presence of isotopic field-charges and a kinetic field
• Exact solutions of cosmological equations in Legendre elliptic integrals
• Spherically symmetric charged black hole in conformal teleparallel equivalent of general relativity
• Determining the normalization of the quantum field theory vacuum, with implications for quantum gravity
• Resummation in QFT with Meijer G-functions
• A noncompact Weyl-Einstein-Yang-Mills model: A semiclassical quantum gravity
• Extracting bigravity from string theory
• On the degrees of freedom of R2 gravity in flat spacetime
• Inflation with massive spin-2 ghosts
• Generalized cosmological constant from gauging Maxwell-conformal algebra
• Antilinearity rather than Hermiticity as a guiding principle for quantum theory
• Curing black hole singularities with local scale invariance
• Renormalizability of Nonlocal quantum gravity coupled to matter
• Spacetime completeness of non-singular black holes in conformal gravity
• \(PT\) symmetry, conformal symmetry, and the metrication of electromagnetism
• Projecting local and global symmetries to the Planck scale
• Fundamental scale invariance
• Black holes in massive conformal gravity
• An approach to classical quantum field theory based on the geometry of locally conformally flat space-time
• Ultraviolet sensitivity in Higgs-Starobinsky inflation

This page was built for publication: A class of elementary particle models without any adjustable real parameters

Report a bug (only for logged in users!)Click here to report a bug for this page (MaRDI item Q429832)