http://arxiv.org/abs/1712.02638
It is shown that gravitation emerges naturally from the standard model of particle physics if local scale invariance is imposed in the context of a single conformal theory. Doing so resolves major puzzles afflicting the standard models of particle physics and cosmology, clearly indicating these to be artifacts stemming from universally applying the system of units selected here and now. Slip-free scalar (but not vector or tensor) modes of metric perturbations can be gauged away and are thus spurious degrees of freedom. In the approach adopted here gravitation is viewed as a collective phenomenon, with its characteristic Planck scale devoid of fundamental meaning; consequently, mass hierarchy and Higgs mass instability concerns are avoided altogether. On cosmological scales, the dynamical vacuum-like Higgs self-coupling energy accounts for dark energy, and its near equality with nonrelativistic matter is simply a result of the choice of standard units.
M. Shimon
Tue, 12 Dec 17
10/78
Comments: Submitted for publication