The value of the cosmological constant

DOI10.1007/S10714-011-1199-1MaRDI QIDQ648087zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors John D. Barrow, Douglas J. Shaw

Publication date 22 November 2011

Published in General Relativity and Gravitation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1105.3105

zbMATH Keywords

cosmological constantcosmologydark energy

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) Macroscopic interaction of the gravitational field with matter (hydrodynamics, etc.) (83C55) Relativistic cosmology (83F05) Astrophysical cosmology (85A40) Path integrals in quantum mechanics (81S40)

Abstract: We make the cosmological constant, {Lambda}, into a field and restrict the variations of the action with respect to it by causality. This creates an additional Einstein constraint equation. It restricts the solutions of the standard Einstein equations and is the requirement that the cosmological wave function possess a classical limit. When applied to the Friedmann metric it requires that the cosmological constant measured today, t_{U}, be {Lambda} ~ t_{U}^(-2) ~ 10^(-122), as observed. This is the classical value of {Lambda} that dominates the wave function of the universe. Our new field equation determines {Lambda} in terms of other astronomically measurable quantities. Specifically, it predicts that the spatial curvature parameter of the universe is {Omega}_{k0} equiv -k/a_(0)^(2)H^2= -0.0055, which will be tested by Planck Satellite data. Our theory also creates a new picture of self-consistent quantum cosmological history.

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