The Problem of Vacuum Energy and Cosmology (A lecture presented at the 4th Colloque Cosmologie, Paris, June, 1997; to be published in the Proceedings)

1997/08/06 by A. D. Dolgov, Dolgov, A. D.
Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Mathematical Theories and Applications #Astrophysics (astro-ph) #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #FOS: Physical sciences #Relativity and Gravitational Theory #astro-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/9708045

15 pages, latex twice

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Abstract

Quantum field theory predicts that vacuum energy (or what is the same, cosmological constant) should be 50-100 orders of magnitude larger than the existing astronomical limit. A very brief review of possible solutions of this problem is presented. A mechanism of adjustment of vacuum energy down to (almost) zero by the back-reaction of massless vector or second rank tensor fields is discussed.

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