Crunching away the cosmological constant problem: dynamical selection of a small Λ

Abstract We propose a novel explanation for the smallness of the observed cosmological constant (CC). Regions of space with a large CC are short lived and are dynamically driven to crunch soon after the end of inflation. Conversely, regions with a small CC are metastable and long lived and are the o...

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Main Authors: Itay M. Bloch, Csaba Csáki, Michael Geller, Tomer Volansky
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2020-12-01
Series:Journal of High Energy Physics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP12(2020)191