Title: Mass generation from a non-perturbative correction: Massive Neveu–Schwarz field and graviton in (3+1) dimensions
Abstract: We show that the massless form fields in |$(4+1)$|-dimensional non-perturbation theory of emergent gravity become massive in a perturbative phase without the Higgs mechanism. In particular, an axionic scalar sourced by a non-perturbative dynamical correction is absorbed by the form fields to describe a massive Neveu–Schwarz (NS) field theory on an emergent gravitational |$(3{\bar 3})$|-brane pair. Arguably the novel idea of the Higgs mechanism is naturally invoked in an emergent gravity underlying a |${\rm CFT}_6$|. Analysis reveals “gravito-weak” and “electro-weak” phases respectively on a vacuum pair in |$(4+1)$| and |$(3+1)$| dimensions. It is argued that the massive NS field quanta may govern an emergent graviton on a gravitational |$3$|-brane.