The cosmological constant problem: a user's guide

DOI10.1142/S0218271809015862MaRDI QIDQ5306294zbMATH OpenWikidataFDO

Authors O. Bertolami

Publication date 8 April 2010

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0905.3110

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Methods of quantum field theory in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C47) Relativistic cosmology (83F05)

Abstract: We discuss the validity of general relativity at low-energy and relate the threshold below which the theory breaks down with the observed value of the cosmological constant. This suggests the existence of a mass scale of $calO(10^{-3})eV$ and a putative violation of the equivalence principle at about $10^{-14}$ level.

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