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Generalized symmetry breaking on orbifolds.

Jonathan A Bagger1, Ferruccio Feruglio, Fabio Zwirner

  • 1Department of Physics and Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA.

Physical Review Letters
|March 23, 2002
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We explore mass generation in higher-dimensional theories using coordinate-dependent compactifications on orbifolds. New methods allow mass terms to localize at orbifold fixed points, breaking symmetries like flavor and supersymmetry.

Area of Science:

  • Theoretical Physics
  • High-Energy Physics
  • String Theory

Background:

  • Coordinate-dependent compactifications are key to understanding mass generation in higher dimensions.
  • Orbifolds, specifically S(1)/Z(2), provide a framework for these compactifications.
  • The Scherk-Schwarz mechanism is a known method for generating mass terms.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To reconsider mass generation via coordinate-dependent compactifications on orbifolds.
  • To explore new realizations of the Scherk-Schwarz mechanism.
  • To investigate the breaking of global and local symmetries.

Main Methods:

  • Studying a generic five-dimensional theory compactified on S(1)/Z(2).
  • Analyzing the role of fixed points where fields or derivatives can be discontinuous.

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  • Developing a technique applicable to symmetry breaking.

    • Main Results:

    • Demonstrated new realizations of the Scherk-Schwarz mechanism.
    • Showed that mass terms can be localized at orbifold fixed points.
    • Established the technique's applicability to explicit and spontaneous symmetry breaking.

    Conclusions:

    • The presence of fixed points in orbifolds enables novel mass generation mechanisms.
    • This framework allows for localized mass terms, explicitly breaking flavor and supersymmetries.
    • The technique is versatile, applying to spontaneous breaking of gauge and supergravity symmetries.