Dynamical symmetry breaking and the cosmological constant problem

TL;DR

This paper proposes a unified approach to address the cosmological constant and quantum gravity problems using dynamical symmetry breaking within a four-dimensional conformal gravity framework, emphasizing the role of zero-point fluctuations.

Contribution

It introduces a novel program combining dynamical symmetry breaking and conformal gravity to potentially solve key cosmological and quantum gravity issues in a single, consistent theory.

Findings

Theoretical framework connecting symmetry breaking with zero-point fluctuations.

Outline of steps needed to develop the proposed approach further.

Potential to unify quantum gravity and cosmological constant solutions.

Abstract

We outline a program with the potential to solve both the cosmological constant and quantum gravity problems within a single, comprehensive framework, one that is formulated entirely in four spacetime dimensions. The program is based on an interplay between the dynamical symmetry breaking of particle physics and a gravity theory, conformal gravity, which possesses an underlying local conformal invariant structure. Central to the discussion is the recognition that when symmetry is broken dynamically in a conformal invariant theory, the cosmological constant is both induced by and constrained by zero-point fluctuations. We describe what still needs to be done.