Effective cosmological constant induced by stochastic fluctuations of Newton's constant

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETB.2016.07.015zbMATH Open1398.81291arXiv1603.04170OpenAlexW2301086390MaRDI QIDQ1801151FDOQ1801151

Marco de Cesare, Mairi Sakellariadou, Fedele Lizzi

Publication date: 26 October 2018

Published in: Physics Letters B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We consider implications of the microscopic dynamics of spacetime for the evolution of cosmological models. We argue that quantum geometry effects may lead to stochastic fluctuations of the gravitational constant, which is thus considered as a macroscopic effective dynamical quantity. Consistency with Riemannian geometry entails the presence of a time-dependent dark energy term in the modified field equations, which can be expressed in terms of the dynamical gravitational constant. We suggest that the late-time accelerated expansion of the Universe may be ascribed to quantum fluctuations in the geometry of spacetime rather than the vacuum energy from the matter sector.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1603.04170

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zbMATH Keywords

cosmological constantquantum gravitycosmologyfundamental constantsdynamical gravitational constant

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Gravitational interaction in quantum theory (81V17) Relativistic cosmology (83F05)

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