A WAY TO DYNAMICALLY OVERCOME THE OLD COSMOLOGICAL CONSTANT PROBLEM

DOI10.1142/S0217751X08041359zbMATH Open1159.83307arXiv0704.1802OpenAlexW3101588800MaRDI QIDQ3623313FDOQ3623313

Authors: Denis Comelli 

Publication date: 17 April 2009

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

Abstract: The Cosmological Constant problem can be solved once we require that the full standard Einstein Hilbert lagrangian, gravity plus matter, is multiplied by a total derivative. We analyze such a picture writing the total derivative as the covariant gradient of a new vector field (b_mu). The dynamics of this b_mu field can play a key role in the explanation of the present cosmological acceleration of the Universe.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0704.1802

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zbMATH Keywords

cosmological constantgravity modifications

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Relativistic cosmology (83F05)

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