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

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETB.2014.03.032zbMATH Open1360.83050arXiv1403.4199OpenAlexW2067199711WikidataQ125266912 ScholiaQ125266912MaRDI QIDQ527503FDOQ527503

Authors: Eduardo Guendelman, Hitoshi Nishino, Subhash Rajpoot 

Publication date: 12 May 2017

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

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.

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

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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