Gauge boson masses from the scale-dependent interplay between the gravitational and the electroweak sector

TL;DR

This paper investigates how scale-dependent interactions between gravity and the electroweak sector can lead to spontaneous symmetry breaking and generate gauge boson masses, linking phenomenology with asymptotic safety.

Contribution

It introduces a novel approach connecting scale dependence in gravity and electroweak interactions to spontaneous symmetry breaking and gauge boson mass generation.

Findings

Spontaneous symmetry breaking emerges from variational parameter setting.

The model provides a phenomenological framework for gauge boson mass generation.

Connections to the asymptotic safety program are established.

Abstract

In this paper we explore the interplay of scale dependence arising in the electroweak and the gravitational sector. Using the method of variational parameter setting leads naturally to spontaneous symmetry breaking and thus to electroweak gauge boson masses. We explore the phenomenological prospect of this model and the mapping to the program asymptotic safety.