Possible solution to the main cosmological constant problem

V. Emelyanov and F. R. Klinkhamer
Phys. Rev. D 85, 103508 – Published 8 May 2012

Abstract

A modified-gravity-type model of two hypothetical massless vector fields is presented. These vector fields are gravitationally coupled to standard matter and an effective cosmological constant. Considered in a cosmological context, the vector fields dynamically cancel an arbitrary cosmological constant, and flat Minkowski spacetime appears as the limit of attractor-type solutions of the field equations. Asymptotically, the field equations give rise to a standard Friedmann-Robertson-Walker universe and standard Newtonian gravitational dynamics of small systems.

  • Received 28 October 2011

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.85.103508

© 2012 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

V. Emelyanov* and F. R. Klinkhamer

  • Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76128 Karlsruhe, Germany

  • *slawa@particle.uni-karlsruhe.de
  • frans.klinkhamer@kit.edu

See Also

Self-tuning vacuum variable and cosmological constant

F. R. Klinkhamer and G. E. Volovik
Phys. Rev. D 77, 085015 (2008)

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Vol. 85, Iss. 10 — 15 May 2012

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