A gravitational mechanism which gives mass to the vectorial bosons

TL;DR

This paper extends a gravity-based mass generation mechanism from scalars and fermions to vector bosons, showing gravity acts as a catalyst independent of its strength or Newton's constant.

Contribution

It introduces a novel gravitational mechanism for giving mass to vector bosons, expanding previous work on scalar and fermion masses.

Findings

Mass of vector bosons is generated independently of gravitational field strength.

The mechanism does not depend on Newton's constant.

Gravity acts as a catalyst in the mass generation process.

Abstract

A mechanism in which gravity is the responsible for the generation of the mass of scalar bosons and fermions was proposed recently [arXiv:1003.5126]. The purpose of the present paper is to extend this scheme to vector bosons. The main characteristic of this mechanism is that the gravitational field acts really as a catalyzer, once the final expression of the mass we obtained depends neither on the intensity of the gravitational field nor on the value of Newton's constant.