The Hosotani Mechanism in Bulk Gauge Theories with an Orbifold Extra Space S^1/Z_2

Masahiro Kubo, C. S. Lim, Hiroyuki Yamashita

We pursue the possibility of the scenario in which the Higgs field is identified with the extra-space component of a bulk gauge field. The space-time we take is M${}^4$ $\otimes$ S…