Conformal symmetry of gravity and the cosmological constant problem

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETB.2006.10.009zbMATH Open1248.83153arXivhep-th/0606274OpenAlexW2036419829MaRDI QIDQ712877FDOQ712877

Authors: Mariano Cadoni 

Publication date: 18 October 2012

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

Abstract: In absence of matter Einstein gravity with a cosmological constant $La$ can be formulated as a scale-free theory depending only on the dimensionless coupling constant G Lambda where G is Newton constant. We derive the conformal field theory (CFT) and its improved stress-energy tensor that describe the dynamics of conformally flat perturbations of the metric. The CFT has the form of a constrained lambda phi^{4} field theory. In the cosmological framework the model describes the usual Friedmann-Robertson-Walker flat universe. The conformal symmetry of the gravity sector is broken by coupling with matter. The dimensional coupling constants G and Lambda are introduced by different terms in this coupling. If the vacuum of quantum matter fields respects the symmetry of the gravity sector, the vacuum energy has to be zero and the ``physical cosmological constant is generated by the coupling of gravity with matter. This could explain the tiny value of the observed energy density driving the accelerating expansion of the universe.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0606274

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zbMATH Keywords

cosmological constantEinstein gravity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Relativistic cosmology (83F05)

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