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The maximal parity violation of electroweak physics has thus far been successfully described, but not yet explained in terms of more fundamental structures. Graviweak unification proposes to address this question by unifying gravity in its self-dual formulation with the weak interactions via their parallel chiral structures. In this work we showcase a graviweak model in which spontaneous symmetry breaking plays a role. This is achieved using a Higgs field and its potential inside a parity-invariant theory which splits into the gravitational and weak interactions and gives rise to parity violation in the weak sector. We discuss generalizations which incorporate non-minimal couplings between the Riemann curvature and the gauge field strengths. Finally we discuss the experimental ramifications of our model regarding gravitational parity violation and non-minimal coupling between gravitons and weak gauge bosons.
