Manifestly local theory of vacuum energy sequestering
We present a manifestly local, diffeomorphism invariant, and locally Poincaré invariant formulation of vacuum energy sequestering. In this theory, quantum vacuum energy generated by matter loops is canceled by auxiliary fields. The auxiliary fields decouple from gravity almost completely. Their only...
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| author | Kaloper, Nemanja Padilla, Antonio Stefanyszyn, David Zahariade, George |
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| description | We present a manifestly local, diffeomorphism invariant, and locally Poincaré invariant formulation of vacuum energy sequestering. In this theory, quantum vacuum energy generated by matter loops is canceled by auxiliary fields. The auxiliary fields decouple from gravity almost completely. Their only residual effect is an a priori arbitrary, finite contribution to the curvature of the background geometry, which is radiatively stable. Its value is to be determined by a measurement, like the finite part of any radiatively stable UV-sensitive quantity in quantum field theory. |
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| spelling | nottingham-353182020-05-04T17:37:53Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/35318/ Manifestly local theory of vacuum energy sequestering Kaloper, Nemanja Padilla, Antonio Stefanyszyn, David Zahariade, George We present a manifestly local, diffeomorphism invariant, and locally Poincaré invariant formulation of vacuum energy sequestering. In this theory, quantum vacuum energy generated by matter loops is canceled by auxiliary fields. The auxiliary fields decouple from gravity almost completely. Their only residual effect is an a priori arbitrary, finite contribution to the curvature of the background geometry, which is radiatively stable. Its value is to be determined by a measurement, like the finite part of any radiatively stable UV-sensitive quantity in quantum field theory. American Physical Society 2016-02-05 Article PeerReviewed Kaloper, Nemanja, Padilla, Antonio, Stefanyszyn, David and Zahariade, George (2016) Manifestly local theory of vacuum energy sequestering. Physical Review Letters, 116 (5). 051302. ISSN 0031-9007 http://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.051302 doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.051302 doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.051302 |
| spellingShingle | Kaloper, Nemanja Padilla, Antonio Stefanyszyn, David Zahariade, George Manifestly local theory of vacuum energy sequestering |
| title | Manifestly local theory of vacuum energy sequestering |
| title_full | Manifestly local theory of vacuum energy sequestering |
| title_fullStr | Manifestly local theory of vacuum energy sequestering |
| title_full_unstemmed | Manifestly local theory of vacuum energy sequestering |
| title_short | Manifestly local theory of vacuum energy sequestering |
| title_sort | manifestly local theory of vacuum energy sequestering |
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