Cosmological constant: relaxation vs multiverse
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2019-09-09 v2 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Physics - Theory
Abstract
We consider a scalar field with a bottom-less potential, such as , finding that cosmologies unavoidably end up with a crunch, late enough to be compatible with observations if . If rebounces avoid singularities, the multiverse acquires new features; in particular probabilities avoid some of the usual ambiguities. If rebounces change the vacuum energy by a small enough amount, this dynamics selects a small vacuum energy and becomes the most likely source of universes with anthropically small cosmological constant. Its probability distribution could avoid the gap by 2 orders of magnitude that seems left by standard anthropic selection.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1904.07876,
title = {Cosmological constant: relaxation vs multiverse},
author = {Alessandro Strumia and Daniele Teresi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1904.07876},
year = {2019}
}
Comments
15 pages, 3 figures; published version