From inflation to a zero cosmological constant phase without fine-tuning

被引:25
作者
Guendelman, EI [1 ]
Kaganovich, AB [1 ]
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[1] Ben Gurion Univ Negev, Dept Phys, IL-84105 Beer Sheva, Israel
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PHYSICAL REVIEW D | 1998年 / 57卷 / 12期
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10.1103/PhysRevD.57.7200
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P1 [天文学];
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0704 ;
摘要
We show that it is possible to obtain inflation and also solve the cosmological constant problem. The theory is invariant under changes of the Lagrangian density L to L+ const. Then the constant part of a scaler field potential V cannot be responsible for inflation. However, we show that inflation can be driven by a condensate of a four index field strength. A constraint appears which correlates this condensate to V. After a conformal transformation, the equations are the standard GR equations with an effective scalar field potential V-eff which has generally an absolute minimum V-eff=0 independently of V and without fine tuning. We also show that, after inflation, the usual reheating phase scenario (from oscillations around the absolute minimum) is possible.
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页码:7200 / 7203
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