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From inflation to a zero cosmological constant phase without fine tuning

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2009-10-30 v2

Abstract

We show that it is possible to obtain inflation and also solve the cosmological constant problem. The theory is invariant under changes of the Lagrangian density LL to L+constL+const. Then the constant part of a scalar field potential VV cannot be responsible for inflation. However, we show that inflation can be driven by a condensate of a four index field strength. A constraint appears which correlates this condensate to VV. After a conformal transformation, the equations are the standard GR equations with an effective scalar field potential VeffV_{eff} which has generally an absolute minimum Veff=0V_{eff}=0 independently of VV and without fine tuning. We also show that, after inflation, the usual reheating phase scenario (from oscillations around the absolute minimum) is possible.

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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/9709059,
  title  = {From inflation to a zero cosmological constant phase without fine tuning},
  author = {E. I. Guendelman and A. B. Kaganovich},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/9709059},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

revised version containes an improved model where fine tuning is not needed for transition to a zero cosmological constant phase. 5 pages. To appear in Phys. Rev. D

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