scholarly journals General relativity with small cosmological constant from spontaneous compactification of Lovelock theory in vacuum

2009 ◽  
Vol 80 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabrizio Canfora ◽  
Alex Giacomini ◽  
Ricardo Troncoso ◽  
Steven Willison
Keyword(s):  
General Relativity ◽  
Cosmological Constant ◽  
Spontaneous Compactification

ON THE COSMOLOGICAL CONSTANT AS A CONSTANT OF INTEGRATION

1991 ◽  
Vol 06 (23) ◽  
pp. 2107-2111 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. N. PETROV
Keyword(s):  
General Relativity ◽  
Cosmological Constant

The possibilities to construct a modification of General Relativity (MGR), where the cosmological constant appears as a constant of integration are considered. A class of new constraints on the metric is found, such that their inclusion in the Hilbert–Einstein action before its variation leads to MGR.

scholarly journals The invalidity of “negative mass” description of the dark sector

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (35) ◽  
pp. 1975002
Author(s):  
A. Stepanian
Keyword(s):  
General Relativity ◽  
Cosmological Constant ◽  
Observational Data ◽  
Weak Field ◽  
Dark Sector ◽  
Negative Mass ◽  
Negative Cosmological Constant ◽  
Viable Model

It is shown that the concept of “negative mass” introduced by Farnes [Astron. Astrophys. 620, A92 (2018)] to describe the dark sector within a unifying theory with the negative cosmological constant contradicts both the essence of the General Relativity (GR) and the available observational data. A viable model with modified weak-field GR is mentioned.

scholarly journals Some Cosmological Solutions of a New Nonlocal Gravity Model

Symmetry ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 917
Author(s):  
Ivan Dimitrijevic ◽  
Branko Dragovich ◽  
Alexey S. Koshelev ◽  
Zoran Rakic ◽  
Jelena Stankovic
Keyword(s):  
General Relativity ◽  
Dark Energy ◽  
Analytic Function ◽  
Cosmological Constant ◽  
Explicit Form ◽  
Gravity Model ◽  
Necessary Conditions ◽  
Equations Of Motion ◽  
Nonlocal Operator ◽  
Cosmological Solutions

In this paper, we investigate a nonlocal modification of general relativity (GR) with action S = 1 16 π G ∫ [ R − 2 Λ + ( R − 4 Λ ) F ( □ ) ( R − 4 Λ ) ] − g d 4 x , where F ( □ ) = ∑ n = 1 + ∞ f n □ n is an analytic function of the d’Alembertian □. We found a few exact cosmological solutions of the corresponding equations of motion. There are two solutions which are valid only if Λ ≠ 0 , k = 0 , and they have no analogs in Einstein’s gravity with cosmological constant Λ . One of these two solutions is a ( t ) = A t e Λ 4 t 2 , that mimics properties similar to an interference between the radiation and the dark energy. Another solution is a nonsingular bounce one a ( t ) = A e Λ t 2 . For these two solutions, some cosmological aspects are discussed. We also found explicit form of the nonlocal operator F ( □ ) , which satisfies obtained necessary conditions.

scholarly journals General Relativity with a Positive Cosmological Constant Λ as a Gauge Theory

Axioms ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 24
Author(s):  
Marta Dudek ◽  
Janusz Garecki
Keyword(s):  
General Relativity ◽  
Gauge Theory ◽  
Cosmological Constant ◽  
Gauge Field ◽  
Geometrical Interpretation ◽  
Positive Cosmological Constant ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
Action Integral ◽  
Fields Equations

In this paper, we show that the general relativity action (and Lagrangian) in recent Einstein–Palatini formulation is equivalent in four dimensions to the action (and Langrangian) of a gauge field. First, we briefly showcase the Einstein–Palatini (EP) action, and then we present how Einstein fields equations can be derived from it. In the next section, we study Einstein–Palatini action integral for general relativity with a positive cosmological constant Λ in terms of the corrected curvature Ω c o r . We see that in terms of Ω c o r this action takes the form typical for a gauge field. Finally, we give a geometrical interpretation of the corrected curvature Ω c o r .

scholarly journals Generalized Phenomenological Models of Dark Energy

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Prasenjit Paul ◽  
Rikpratik Sengupta
Keyword(s):  
General Relativity ◽  
Dark Energy ◽  
Energy Density ◽  
Cosmological Constant ◽  
Phenomenological Models ◽  
Einstein Field Equations ◽  
Field Equations ◽  
Free Parameters ◽  
The Universe ◽  
Matter Energy

It was first observed at the end of the last century that the universe is presently accelerating. Ever since, there have been several attempts to explain this observation theoretically. There are two possible approaches. The more conventional one is to modify the matter part of the Einstein field equations, and the second one is to modify the geometry part. We shall consider two phenomenological models based on the former, more conventional approach within the context of general relativity. The phenomenological models in this paper consider a Λ term firstly a function of a¨/a and secondly a function of ρ, where a and ρ are the scale factor and matter energy density, respectively. Constraining the free parameters of the models with the latest observational data gives satisfactory values of parameters as considered by us initially. Without any field theoretic interpretation, we explain the recent observations with a dynamical cosmological constant.

scholarly journals The Quantum Cosmological Constant

Symmetry ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 1130 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephon Alexander ◽  
Joao Magueijo ◽  
Lee Smolin
Keyword(s):  
General Relativity ◽  
Quantum Theory ◽  
Quantum Gravity ◽  
Cosmological Constant ◽  
Uncertainty Relation ◽  
Time Variable ◽  
Transition Functions ◽  
New Interpretation ◽  
Chern Simons

We present an extension of general relativity in which the cosmological constant becomes dynamical and turns out to be conjugate to the Chern–Simons invariant of the Ashtekar connection on a spatial slicing. The latter has been proposed Soo and Smolin as a time variable for quantum gravity: the Chern–Simons time. In the quantum theory, the inverse cosmological constant and Chern–Simons time will then become conjugate operators. The “Kodama state” gets a new interpretation as a family of transition functions. These results imply an uncertainty relation between Λ and Chern–Simons time; the consequences of which will be discussed elsewhere.

scholarly journals Zero-parameter extension of general relativity with a varying cosmological constant

2019 ◽  
Vol 100 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephon Alexander ◽  
Marina Cortês ◽  
Andrew R. Liddle ◽  
João Magueijo ◽  
Robert Sims ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
General Relativity ◽  
Cosmological Constant

A UNIFIED DARK ENERGY MODEL FROM A VANISHING SPEED OF SOUND WITH EMERGENT COSMOLOGICAL CONSTANT

2014 ◽  
Vol 23 (02) ◽  
pp. 1450012 ◽  
Author(s):  
ORLANDO LUONGO ◽  
HERNANDO QUEVEDO
Keyword(s):  
General Relativity ◽  
Dark Energy ◽  
Cosmological Model ◽  
Cosmological Constant ◽  
Energy Budget ◽  
Speed Of Sound ◽  
Dark Energy Model ◽  
Vacuum Energy ◽  
Cosmic Acceleration ◽  
Energy Term

The problem of the cosmic acceleration is here revisited by using the fact that the adiabatic speed of sound can be assumed to be negligible small. Within the context of general relativity, the total energy budget is recovered under the hypothesis of a vanishing speed of sound by assuming the existence of one fluid only. We find a cosmological model which reproduces the main results of the ΛCDM paradigm at late-times, showing an emergent cosmological constant, which is not at all related with the vacuum energy term. As a consequence, the model presented here behaves as a unified dark energy (DE) model.

TWO-LOOP APPROACH TO THE EFFECTIVE ACTION IN QUANTUM GRAVITY

1992 ◽  
Vol 07 (14) ◽  
pp. 3203-3233 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. L. BUCHBINDER ◽  
S. D. ODINTSOV ◽  
O. A. FONAREV
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Gravity ◽  
Cosmological Constant ◽  
Minkowski Space ◽  
Effective Action ◽  
Dimensional Regularization ◽  
Dimensional Torus ◽  
Spontaneous Compactification ◽  
Metric Tensor ◽  
First Time

For the first time we present the general formalism and results of calculation of the two-loop effective action in Einstein quantum gravity on the background MN × Tk, where MN is Minkowski space and Tk is a k-dimensional torus. We discuss the case of a zero cosmological constant as well as of a nonzero one. The method of calculating variations of the action on a metric tensor and the technique of calculating momentum integrals in dimensional regularization are presented. Some applications to spontaneous compactification are discussed, as well as some prospects.

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