Abstract

Spontaneous breaking of gauge symmetries is studied in theories with nonlinearly realized scale invariance. The classically sliding vacuum expectation values are fixed through quantum corrections. The anomaly of the dilatation current determines the vacuum energy density as well as the dilaton mass. The coupling of gravity to matter is modified in such a way that the cosmological constant vanishes.

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