Symmetry Breaking in Extra Dimensions

Introduction......Page 3
Symmetry Breaking in Extra Dimensions......Page 13
Compactification......Page 15
The Scherk-Schwarz Mechanism......Page 16
Orbifold......Page 17
The Scherk-Schwarz Mechanism on Orbifold......Page 18
Scherk-Schwarz vs Hosotani......Page 20
Phenomenological Implications......Page 21
Supersymmetry Breaking......Page 22
Gauge Symmetry Breaking......Page 25
Generalized Scherk-Schwarz Mechanism......Page 29
Boundary Conditions for Fermionic Fields on S1/Z2......Page 30
One Fermion Field......Page 31
Localized Mass Terms......Page 36
Boundary Conditions for Bosonic Fields on S1/Z2......Page 37
One Scalar Field......Page 39
More Scalar Fields......Page 44
Brane Action for Bosonic System......Page 46
Generation of 5D Mass Terms for Periodic Fields......Page 49
Examples and Localization of 5D Mass Terms......Page 52
Application to Gauge Symmetry Breaking......Page 56
Application to Supersymmetry Breaking......Page 62
Flavour Physics in Four and More Dimensions......Page 67
Localized Fermions......Page 72
Masses and Mixing Angles......Page 79
Which Scale for Flavour Physics?......Page 82
Towards a Realistic Model......Page 86
Conclusions......Page 87
Acknowledgements......Page 89
 Matrices in Five and Six Dimensions......Page 95
Path-Ordered Products......Page 97
Bibliography......Page 98