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Solution of the cosmological constant problem within holographic cosmology

High Energy Physics - Theory 2019-12-25 v2 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

Within the holographic cosmology paradigm, specifically the model of McFadden and Skenderis, but more generally than that, the cosmological constant is found to naturally flow from a large value, to a small value, which can even be as low as the needed 10120\sim 10^{-120} times the original, along with the dual RG flow. Within this context then, the cosmological constant problem is mapped to a simple quantum field theory property, even though the exact mechanism for it in gravity is still obscure. I consider several examples of gravity duals to explain the mechanism.

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@article{arxiv.1812.07597,
  title  = {Solution of the cosmological constant problem within holographic cosmology},
  author = {Horatiu Nastase},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1812.07597},
  year   = {2019}
}

Comments

5 pages, no figures, revtex; clarification about the length of the RG flow added in section 3; notation clarified