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Pis'ma v Zhurnal Èksperimental'noi i Teoreticheskoi Fiziki, 2010, Volume 91, Issue 6, Pages 279–285
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GRAVITY, ASTROPHYSICS
Towards a solution of the cosmological constant problem
F. R. Klinkhamerab, G. E. Volovikcd a Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Karlsruhe
b Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
c Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics RAS
d Low Temperature Laboratory, Aalto University
Abstract:
The standard model of elementary particle physics and the theory of general relativity can be extended by the introduction of a vacuum variable which is responsible for the near vanishing of the present cosmological constant (vacuum energy density). The explicit realization of this vacuum variable can be via a three-form gauge field, an aether-type velocity field, or any other field appropriate for the description of the equilibrium state corresponding to the Lorentz-invariant quantum vacuum. The extended theory has, without fine-tuning, a Minkowski-type solution of the field equations with spacetime-independent fields and provides, therefore, a possible solution of the main cosmological constant problem.
Received: 25.01.2010 Revised: 08.02.2010
Citation:
F. R. Klinkhamer, G. E. Volovik, “Towards a solution of the cosmological constant problem”, Pis'ma v Zh. Èksper. Teoret. Fiz., 91:6 (2010), 279–285; JETP Letters, 91:6 (2010), 259–265
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