Solving the naturalness problem by baby universes in the Lorentzian multiverse

DOI10.1143/PTP.127.689zbMATH Open1250.83065arXiv1110.2303MaRDI QIDQ2907601FDOQ2907601

Authors: Hikaru Kawai, Takashi Okada 

Publication date: 11 September 2012

Published in: Progress of Theoretical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We propose a solution of the naturalness problem in the context of the multiverse wavefunction without the anthropic argument. If we include microscopic wormhole configurations in the path integral, the wave function becomes a superposition of universes with various values of the coupling constants such as the cosmological constant, the parameters in the Higgs potential, and so on. We analyze the quantum state of the multiverse, and evaluate the density matrix of one universe. We show that the coupling constants induced by the wormholes are fixed in such a way that the density matrix is maximized. In particular, the cosmological constant, which is in general time-dependent, is chosen such that it takes an extremely small value in the far future. We also discuss the gauge hierarchy problem and the strong CP problem in this context. Our study predicts that the Higgs mass is 140pm20 GeV and { heta}=0.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1110.2303

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Methods of quantum field theory in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C47) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05) Relativistic cosmology (83F05) Astrophysical cosmology (85A40)

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