Manifestly local theory of vacuum energy sequestering

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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

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Abstract

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.

Item Type: Article
RIS ID: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/776963
Schools/Departments: University of Nottingham, UK > Faculty of Science > School of Physics and Astronomy
Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.051302
Depositing User: Padilla, Antonio
Date Deposited: 25 Jul 2016 08:44
Last Modified: 04 May 2020 17:37
URI: https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/id/eprint/35318

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