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Scale Symmetry and Weinberg's No-go Theorem in the Cosmological Constant Problem

High Energy Physics - Theory 2018-12-27 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

We complete the proof of Weinberg's no-go theorem on the cosmological constant problem in classical gravity when the theory has a (global) scale symmetry. Stimulated with this proof, we explore a solution to the cosmological constant problem by the help of renormalization group equations. We find that the manifestly scale invariant regularization method provides a physically plausible solution to the cosmological constant problem, in particular, to the issue of radiative instability of the cosmological constant.

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@article{arxiv.1812.09864,
  title  = {Scale Symmetry and Weinberg's No-go Theorem in the Cosmological Constant Problem},
  author = {Ichiro Oda},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1812.09864},
  year   = {2018}
}

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17 pages