Deconstructing the Cosmological Constant
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2015-06-25 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Physics - Theory
Abstract
Deconstruction provides a novel way of dealing with the notoriously difficult ultraviolet problems of four-dimensional gravity. This approach also naturally leads to a new perspective on the holographic principle, tying it to the fundamental requirements of unitarity and diffeomorphism invariance, as well as to a new viewpoint on the cosmological constant problem. The numerical smallness of the cosmological constant is implied by a unique combination of holography and supersymmetry, opening a new window into the fundamental physics of the vacuum.
Cite
@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0305072,
title = {Deconstructing the Cosmological Constant},
author = {Vishnu Jejjala and Robert G. Leigh and Djordje Minic},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0305072},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
Fourth Prize, 2003 Gravity Research Foundation Essay Contest; 7 pages, LaTeX