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Dynamics of the cosmological and Newton's constant

High Energy Physics - Theory 2016-01-13 v1 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

A modification of general relativity is presented in which Newton's constant and the cosmological constant become a conjugate pair of dynamical variables.

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@article{arxiv.1507.01229,
  title  = {Dynamics of the cosmological and Newton's constant},
  author = {Lee Smolin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1507.01229},
  year   = {2016}
}

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18 pages, For a related talk see http://pirsa.org/15060033/