4-FORMS AND THE VANISHING OF THE COSMOLOGICAL CONSTANT

被引：80

作者：

DUNCAN, MJ

JENSEN, LG

机构：

[1] CERN

来源：

NUCLEAR PHYSICS B | 1990年 / 336卷 / 01期

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D O I：

10.1016/0550-3213(90)90344-D

中图分类号：

O412 [相对论、场论]; O572.2 [粒子物理学];

学科分类号：

摘要：

We show that the dynamics (and statics) of a four-form are more subtle than previously appreciated, especially when used in conjuction with the Baum-Hawking-Coleman mechanism. We investigate the properties of the four-forms on closed euclidean, open euclidean, and lorentzian manifolds. We find that only under special conditions is their behaviour such that the cosmological constant vanishes. © 1990.

引用

页码：100 / 114

页数：15

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