Scale symmetry breaking from total derivative densities and the cosmological constant problem

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETB.2014.03.032MaRDI QIDQ527503zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Eduardo Guendelman, Hitoshi Nishino, Subhash Rajpoot

Publication date 12 May 2017

Published in Physics Letters B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1403.4199

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05)

Abstract: The use in the action integral of totally divergent densities in generally coordinate invariant theories can lead to interesting mechanisms of spontaneous symmetry breaking of scale invariance. With dependence in the action on a metric independent density $Phi$, in $4D$ , we can define $$ that gives a new interesting mechanism for breaking scale symmetry in 4-D theories of gravity plus matter fields, through the $$ equations of motion which lead to an integration constant the breaks the scale symmetry, while introducing terms of the form $eGlnK$ , $e$ being the determinant of the vierbein, $G$ being the Gauss Bonnet scalar and $K$ being scalar functions of the fields transforming like $KightarrowcK$ (where c is a constant) under a scale transformation. Such a term is invariant only up to a total divergence and therefore leads to breaking of scale invariance due to gravitational instantons. The topological density constructed out of gauge field strengths $$ can be coupled to the dilaton field linearly to produce a scale invariant term up to a total divergence. The scale symmetry can be broken by Yang Mills instantons which lead to a very small vacuum energy for our Universe.

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