Matrix Models, Emergent Spacetime and Symmetry Breaking

Journal Article · Tue Dec 15 00:00:00 EST 2009 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3284377· OSTI ID:21371370

Grosse, Harald; Steinacker, Harold ^[1]; Lizzi, Fedele ^[2]

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1. Department of Physics, University of Vienna, Boltzamnngasse 5 A-190 Vienna (Austria)
2. Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Universita di Napoli Federico II and INFN, Sezione di Napoli Monte S. Angelo, Via Cintia, 80126 Napoli (Italy)

We discuss how a matrix model recently shown to describe emergent gravity may contain extra degrees of freedom which reproduce some characteristics of the standard model, in particular the breaking of symmetries and the correct quantum numbers of fermions.

• OSTI ID: 21371370
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1196, Issue 1; Conference: 25. Max Born symposium, Wroclaw (Poland), 29 Jun - 3 Jul 2009; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.3284377; (c) 2009 American Institute of Physics; ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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