Non-local partner to the cosmological constant
High Energy Physics - Theory
2022-06-15 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract
I show that quantum corrections due to a massive particle generates a non-local term in the gravitational effective action which is of zeroth order in the derivative expansion, much like the cosmological constant. It carries a fixed coefficient which is very much larger than the cosmological constant, and which cannot be fine-tuned. The interaction is active at scales above the particle's mass. This is of the form , and I discuss the meaning of and other aspects of its interpretation.
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@article{arxiv.2201.12217,
title = {Non-local partner to the cosmological constant},
author = {John F. Donoghue},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2201.12217},
year = {2022}
}
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