Cosmological constant problem: deflation during inflation

DOI10.1088/1475-7516/2020/01/021zbMATH Open1489.83075arXiv1812.10526OpenAlexW3103047743MaRDI QIDQ5067804FDOQ5067804

Authors: Felipe Canales, Benjamin Koch, Cristobal Laporte, Ángel Rincón 

Publication date: 4 April 2022

Published in: Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We argue that the discrepancy between the Planck mass scale and the observed value of the cosmological constant can be largely attenuated if those quantities are understood as a result of effective, and thus scale-dependent, couplings. We exemplify this mechanism for the early inflationary epoch of the universe by solving the corresponding effective gap equations, subject to an energy condition. Several non-trivial checks and extensions are discussed. A comparison of our results to the renormalization group flow, obtained within the asymptotic safety program reveals a stunning agreement.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1812.10526

zbMATH Keywords

gravitymodified gravityinflation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Renormalization group methods applied to problems in quantum field theory (81T17) Quantum field theory on curved space or space-time backgrounds (81T20) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05) Geometrodynamics and the holographic principle (83E05) Effective quantum field theories (81T12)

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