Ervin Goldfain. Higgs Mechanism from Primordial Dimensional Fluctuations (final update)
Natural Sciences / Physics / Particle physics
Submitted on: Nov 14, 2025, 10:52:14
Description: According to [1-3], there are compelling reasons for connecting the continuous and evolving dimensionality of spacetime above the Standard Model (SM) scale to the onset of complex dynamics in the deep ultraviolet sector of field theory. A key observation inspired by this viewpoint is that dimensional fluctuations unfolding in far-from-equilibrium conditions lead to the complex Ginzburg-Landau equation (CGLE), a universal model of nonlinear phenomena. Framed as sequel to [4-5], this work advances a novel interpretation of the Higgs mechanism as emerging manifestation of CGLE. Our interpretation focuses on the reduction of CGLE to the behavior of an overdamped scalar field and the formation of supercritical Hopf bifurcations. We find that, in this classical picture, Hopf bifurcations provide an analog description of the Higgs condensate and the standard mechanism of electroweak symmetry breaking. Built entirely outside Lagrangian field theory, our approach suggests unconventional explanations of the SM structure and the emergence of broken discrete symmetries in electroweak interactions.