Gravitational contribution to fermion masses

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In the context of a nonlinear gauge theory of the Poincaré group, we show that covariant derivatives of Dirac fields include a coupling to the translational connections, manifesting itself in the matter action as a universal background mass contribution to fermions.
revtex4, 9 pages, no figures, to be published in Eur.Phys.J.C, 2005

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General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology, High Energy Physics - Theory, Mathematical Physics

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http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/214479

Consulte el texto completo en el siguiente enlace:

https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0506034
 http://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0506034
 Eur.Phys.J.C42:437-444,2005
 doi:10.1140/epjc/s2005-02312-0

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