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The combination of Brans and Dicke's idea of a variable gravitational constant with the Higgs-field mechanism of elementary particle physics results in a new theory of gravity. Einstein's theory is realized after symmetry breaking in the neighborhood of the Higgs-fleld ground state.
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Dehnen, H., Frommert, H. & Ghaboussi, F. Higgs field and a new scalar-tensor theory of gravity. Int J Theor Phys 31, 109–114 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00674344
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