Gauge theory og gravity with de Sitter symmetry as a solution to the cosmological constant problem and the dark energy puzzle

DOI10.1142/S0217732310034274zbMATH Open1202.83128arXiv1002.4275MaRDI QIDQ3062828FDOQ3062828

Authors: Pisin Chen 

Publication date: 28 December 2010

Published in: Modern Physics Letters A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We propose a solution to the longstanding cosmological constant (CC) problem which is based on the fusion of two existing concepts. The first is the suggestion that the proper description of classical gravitational effects is the gauge theory of gravity in which the connection instead of the metric acts as the dynamical variable. The resulting field equation does not then contain the CC term. This removes the connection between the CC and the quantum vacuum energy, and therefore addresses the {it old} CC problem of why quantum vacuum energy does not gravitate. The CC-equivalent in this approach arises from the constant of integration when reducing the field equation to the Einstein equation. The second is the assumption that the universe obeys de Sitter symmetry, with the observed accelerating expansion as its manifestation. We combine these ideas and identify the constant of integration with the inverse-square of the radius of curvature of the de Sitter space. The origin of dark energy (DE) is therefore associated with the inherent spacetime geometry, with the smallness of DE protected by symmetry. This addresses the {it new} CC problem, or the DE puzzle. This approach, however, faces major challenges from quantum considerations. These are the ghost problem associated with higher order gravity theories and the quantum instability of the de Sitter spacetime. We discuss their possible remedies.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1002.4275

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zbMATH Keywords

cosmological constantdark energyde Sitter spaceghostgauge theory of gravity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in mechanics of particles and systems (70S15) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Relativistic cosmology (83F05) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to relativity and gravitational theory (83-02)

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