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Cosmic coincidence or graviton mass?

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2015-06-19 v1 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

Using the quantum corrected Friedmann equation, obtained from the quantum Raychudhuri equation, and assuming a small mass of the graviton (but consistent with observations and theory), we propose a resolution of the smallness problem(why is observed vacuum energy so small?) and the coincidence problem(why does it constitute most of the universe, about 70%, in the current epoch?).

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@article{arxiv.1405.4011,
  title  = {Cosmic coincidence or graviton mass?},
  author = {Saurya Das},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1405.4011},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

This essay received an Honorable Mention in the 2014 Gravity Research Foundation Essay Competition. 2 pages, revtex4. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1404.3093