How to obtain a cosmological constant from small exotic R^4

DOI10.1016/J.DARK.2017.12.002MaRDI QIDQ6291122zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Torsten Asselmeyer-Maluga, Jerzy Król

Publication date 11 September 2017

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General geometric structures on low-dimensional manifolds (57M50) Relativistic cosmology (83F05) Differentiable structures in differential topology (57R55)

Abstract: In this paper we determine the cosmological constant as a topological invariant by applying certain techniques from low dimensional differential topology. We work with a small exotic $R^4$ which is embedded into the standard $mathbb{R}^4$. Any exotic $R^4$ is a Riemannian smooth manifold with necessary non-vanishing curvature tensor. To determine the invariant part of such curvature we deal with a canonical construction of $R^4$ where it appears as a part of the complex surface $$. Such $R^4$'s admit hyperbolic geometry. This fact simplifies significantly the calculations and enforces the rigidity of the expressions. In particular, we explain the smallness of the cosmological constant with a value consisting of a combination of (natural) topological invariant. Finally, the cosmological constant appears to be a topologically supported quantity.

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