Relaxation of the cosmological constant in a movable brane world

DOI10.1016/S0370-2693(02)03063-0MaRDI QIDQ1852549zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Yanyan Li

Publication date 6 January 2003

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0207258

zbMATH Keywords

domain walldecreasing Hubble parametervarying vacuum enrgy density background

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

String and superstring theories in gravitational theory (83E30) Relativistic cosmology (83F05)

Abstract: We present numerical evidence that a domain wall in a background with varying vacuum energy density acquires velocity in the direction of decreasing Hubble parameter. This should lead to at least a partial relaxation of the cosmological constant on the wall.

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• An Alternative to Compactification
• The cosmological constant problem

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