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Gauge-Bridge: Emergent U(1) Electrodynamics
Abstract
Extends RFT by promoting the scalaron's global phase to a local U(1) symmetry, introducing an emergent, massless spin-1 gauge field that reproduces Maxwell's equations in the weak-field limit.
Key Results
- Derives fully gauge-invariant action and field equations for ϕ and Aμ
- Identifies scalaron vortices as quantized charge/flux carriers
- One-loop β-function matches QED, giving α ≃ 1 / 137 at low energy
Citation
@article{Fitzpatrick2025RFT10_1,
author = {Fitzpatrick, I.},
title = {Gauge-Bridge: Emergent U(1) Electrodynamics},
journal = {RFT Cosmology Preprint},
year = {2025},
note = {Version 10.1 RC0}
}