2019/08/15 by Sanyal, Abhik Kumar, Sarkar, Chandramouli
#FOS: Physical sciences #General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc) #High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1908.05680
Einstein-Hilbert action is supplemented by Gauss-Bonnet squared term, its phase-space structure is constructed and canonical quantization is performed. Resolution of a contradiction that emerges in the process, requires the presence of other fields at least in the form of vacuum energy-density, commonly known as the cosmological constant. This reveals the very importance of the presence of other fields at least in the form of cosmological constant, in the very early universe.