Quintessential Transition of the Internal Manifold

In this paper, I study the dynamics of the Kaluza-Klein internal manifold using its “shape” and the “size” as collective coordinates. The essential motivation is to be able to explain symmetry breaking in gauge theories through a transition of the internal manifold from a symmetrical metric space to a less symmetric one. We find that this may be possible depending on the values of certain group theoretical parameters. Further, this transition resembles a “quintessential inflation” scenario, the feasibility of which however, needs to be further studied in details. [email protected]