Jul 5 – 12, 2017
Venice, Italy
Europe/Zurich timezone
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Hairs of discrete symmetries

Jul 7, 2017, 9:00 AM
15m
Room Martinelli (Palazzo del Casinò)

Room Martinelli

Palazzo del Casinò

Parallel Talk Cosmology, Dark Energy, Gravitational Waves Cosmology, dark energy, gravitational waves

Speaker

Prof. Jihn E. Kim (Kyung Hee University)

Description

Gauge symmetries are known to be respected by gravity because gauge charges carry flux lines, but global charges do not carry flux lines and are not conserved by gravitational interaction. For discrete symmetries, they are spontaneously broken in the Universe, forming domain walls. Since the realization of discrete symmetries in the Universe must involve the vacuum expectation values of Higgs fields, a string-like configuration (hair) at the intersection of domain walls in the Higgs vacua can be realized. Therefore, we argue that discrete charges are also respected by gravity.

Primary author

Prof. Jihn E. Kim (Kyung Hee University)

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