The Higgs mechanism at the graviton level: The Vainshtein mechanism in time-domains
Year: 2015
Type: preprint
Abstract: I analyze the Higgs mechanism at the graviton level inside the non-linear theory of massive gravity. In the standard formulation, the graviton mass appears as a parameter multiplying the whole massive action and it cannot appear dynamically. Then the theory contains three free-parameters, namely, two inside the potential and the graviton mass. The spherically symmetric solutions of the theory revealed the existence of vacuum degeneracy. It appears due to the preferred time direction effect when the St\uckelberg function is non-trivial. Then any generator related to the time coordinate is broken at the vacuum level, remaining then the spherical symmetry. For the gauge symmetries involved, I formulate the Higgs mechanism at the graviton level as a consequence of the Vainshtein mechanism but formulated in time domains for any frame of reference.
Source: arXiv (Cornell University)
Author: Ivan Arraut
Language: English
Subfield: Astronomy and Astrophysics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W386317252