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Small dark energy without small parameters

High Energy Physics - Theory 2017-06-30 v1 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

We present a prototype model that resolves the cosmological constant problem using matter alone, i.e., without modifying gravity. Its generic cosmological solutions adjust an arbitrarily large, negative dark energy to a positive value parametrically suppressed by an initial field velocity. Inflationary initial conditions lead to a positive dark energy exponentially smaller in magnitude than any model parameter, or any scale in the initial conditions.

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@article{arxiv.1706.09415,
  title  = {Small dark energy without small parameters},
  author = {Benjamin Shlaer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1706.09415},
  year   = {2017}
}

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5 pages, 2 figures

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