A Cosmological Constant That is Too Small

Mehmet Demirtas; Manki Kim; Liam McAllister; Jakob Moritz; Andres Rios-Tascon

A Cosmological Constant That is Too Small

High Energy Physics - Theory 2022-01-12 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Authors: Mehmet Demirtas , Manki Kim , Liam McAllister , Jakob Moritz , Andres Rios-Tascon

Abstract

We construct a vacuum of string theory in which the magnitude of the vacuum energy is $< 10^{-123}$ in Planck units. Regrettably, the sign of the vacuum energy is negative, and some supersymmetry remains unbroken.

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string theory

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@article{arxiv.2107.09065,
  title  = {A Cosmological Constant That is Too Small},
  author = {Mehmet Demirtas and Manki Kim and Liam McAllister and Jakob Moritz and Andres Rios-Tascon},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2107.09065},
  year   = {2022}
}

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6 pages. A more detailed analysis appears in our companion paper 2107.09064. v2: typo fixed, results unchanged; approximately matches version published in PRL

A Cosmological Constant That is Too Small

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