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Geometric symmetry breaking

Y. M. Cho

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The spontaneous symmetry breaking in higher-dimensional unified field theories is discussed in a general setting. A purely geometric symmetry-breaking mechanism involving no free parameters is presented, in which the symmetry is broken by the higher-dimensional metric through Einstein's equation.

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The spontaneous symmetry breaking in higher-dimensional unified field theories is discussed in a general setting. A purely geometric symmetry-breaking mechanism involving no free parameters is presented, in which the symmetry is broken by the higher-dimensional metric through Einstein's equation.

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The spontaneous symmetry breaking in higher-dimensional unified field theories is discussed in a general setting. A purely geometric symmetry-breaking mechanism involving no free parameters is presented, in which the symmetry is broken by the higher-dimensional metric through Einstein's equation.

Key concepts: Explicit symmetry breaking, Spontaneous symmetry breaking, Symmetry breaking, Physics, Theoretical physics, Chiral symmetry breaking, Symmetry (geometry), Global symmetry

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