Dark energy from the gravity vacuum

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/32/19/195005zbMATH Open1327.83295arXiv1501.00779OpenAlexW2205211053MaRDI QIDQ3453183FDOQ3453183

Authors: Sandipan Sengupta 

Publication date: 20 November 2015

Published in: Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We propose a new solution to the cosmological constant problem building on a nonperturbative quantum theory of gravity with torsional instantons. These pseudoparticles, which were recently found to exist in a first order formulation of Giddings-Strominger axionic gravity, carry nontrivial Nieh-Yan topological charge. The nonperturbative ground state as generated due to tunneling effects is shown to be stable under quantum fluctuations. Within this framework, the associated vacuum angle, namely the Barbero-Immirzi topological parameter, gets fixed to a numerical value determined by the Hubble constant.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1501.00779

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zbMATH Keywords

cosmological constantnonpertubative quantum gravitytorsional instantons

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum field theory on curved space or space-time backgrounds (81T20) Exact solutions to problems in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C15) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05) Relativistic cosmology (83F05)

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