A cyclic universe approach to fine tuning

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETB.2016.03.082zbMATH Open1360.83080arXiv1507.00727OpenAlexW767133158MaRDI QIDQ526188FDOQ526188

Authors: Sam Cormack, Marcelo Gleiser, Stephon Alexander 

Publication date: 10 May 2017

Published in: Physics Letters B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We present a closed bouncing universe model where the value of coupling constants is set by the dynamics of a ghost-like dilatonic scalar field. We show that adding a periodic potential for the scalar field leads to a cyclic Friedmann universe where the values of the couplings vary randomly from one cycle to the next. While the shuffling of values for the couplings happens during the bounce, within each cycle their time-dependence remains safely within present observational bounds for physically-motivated values of the model parameters. Our model presents an alternative to solutions of the fine tuning problem based on string landscape scenarios.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1507.00727

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zbMATH Keywords

fine-tuningcyclic universeStandard Model couplings

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Relativistic cosmology (83F05)

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• De Sitter vacua in string theory
• Bouncing universes with varying constants
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