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How to obtain a cosmological constant from small exotic R^4

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2018-12-20 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory Mathematical Physics Geometric Topology math.MP

Abstract

In this paper we determine the cosmological constant as a topological invariant by applying certain techniques from low dimensional differential topology. We work with a small exotic R4R^{4} which is embedded into the standard R4\mathbb{R}^{4}. Any exotic R4R^4 is a Riemannian smooth manifold with necessary non-vanishing curvature tensor. To determine the invariant part of such curvature we deal with a canonical construction of R4R^4 where it appears as a part of the complex surface K3#CP(2)K3\#\overline{CP(2)}. Such R4R^{4}'s admit hyperbolic geometry. This fact simplifies significantly the calculations and enforces the rigidity of the expressions. In particular, we explain the smallness of the cosmological constant with a value consisting of a combination of (natural) topological invariant. Finally, the cosmological constant appears to be a topologically supported quantity.

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@article{arxiv.1709.03314,
  title  = {How to obtain a cosmological constant from small exotic R^4},
  author = {T. Asselmeyer-Maluga and J. Krol},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1709.03314},
  year   = {2018}
}

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36 pages, 5 figures, substantial changes, the value of the cosmological constant in agreement with measurements, accepted in Physics of the Dark Universe