Embedding Brans-Dicke gravity into electroweak theory

TL;DR

This paper demonstrates how a four-dimensional Brans-Dicke gravity theory can be integrated into the standard electroweak model by a variable transformation that distinguishes isospin from hypercharge.

Contribution

It introduces a novel embedding of Brans-Dicke gravity into electroweak theory through a specific change of variables.

Findings

Successful embedding of Brans-Dicke theory into electroweak framework

Separation of isospin and hypercharge achieved

Provides a new perspective on unifying gravity with electroweak interactions

Abstract

We argue that a version of the four dimensional Brans-Dicke theory can be embedded in the standard flat spacetime electroweak theory. The embedding involves a change of variables that separates the isospin from the hypercharge in the electroweak theory.