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Possible solution to the main cosmological constant problem

High Energy Physics - Theory 2012-05-10 v5 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

A modified-gravity-type model of two hypothetical massless vector fields is presented. These vector fields are gravitationally coupled to standard matter and an effective cosmological constant. Considered in a cosmological context, the vector fields dynamically cancel an arbitrary cosmological constant, and flat Minkowski spacetime appears as the limit of attractor-type solutions of the field equations. Asymptotically, the field equations give rise to a standard Friedmann-Robertson-Walker universe and standard Newtonian gravitational dynamics of small systems.

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@article{arxiv.1109.4915,
  title  = {Possible solution to the main cosmological constant problem},
  author = {V. Emelyanov and F. R. Klinkhamer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1109.4915},
  year   = {2012}
}

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28 pages, v5: published version

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