A Quantum-Mechanical Mechanism for Reducing the Cosmological Constant
High Energy Physics - Theory
2022-12-07 v2 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract
We exhibit a mechanism which dynamically adjusts cosmological constant toward . The adjustment is quantum-mechanical, discharging cosmological constant in random discrete steps. It renders de Sitter space unstable, and triggers its decay toward Minkowski. Since the instability dynamically stops at , the evolution favors the terminal Minkowski space without a need for anthropics. The mechanism works for any QFT coupled to gravity.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2204.13124,
title = {A Quantum-Mechanical Mechanism for Reducing the Cosmological Constant},
author = {Nemanja Kaloper and Alexander Westphal},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2204.13124},
year = {2022}
}
Comments
10 pages LaTeX, 2 figures; v2: additional comments, preprint number added