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arxiv: 0706.4481 · v1 · submitted 2007-06-29 · ✦ hep-th

Isogravity: Toward an Electroweak and Gravitational Unification

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keywords electroweaktheorygeneralmetricrelativityspace-timespinwithout
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We present a model that unites the electroweak interaction with general relativity without specifying a space-time metric. This is made possible by embedding the kinetic terms for gravity and electroweak theory using one $\SL$ connection variable. The gauge theory is specified without relying on a space-time metric. We show that once a symmetry breaking mechanism is implemented that selects a global time-like direction, the electroweak theory and general relativity emerges with their associated massless degrees of freedom; the spin 1 vector boson and the spin 2 graviton.

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