Conformal Higgs Gravity
arXiv:1505.06760
Abstract
We construct a model of conformal gravity with Higgs field. This model has a positive Newton's constant and exhibits a novel symmetry breaking mechanism of gauge symmetries. A possible application to cosmology is briefly mentioned.
arXiv comment11 pages
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