Gravity, Cosmology and Particle Physics without the Cosmological Constant Problem

Abstract

This essay elucidates recent achievements of the "nongravitating vacuum energy" (NGVE) theory" which has the feature that a shift of the Lagrangian density by a constant does not affect dynamics. In the first order formalism, a constraint appears that enforces the vanishing of the cosmological constant Λ. Standard dynamics of gauge unified theories (including fermions) and their SSB appear if a four index field strength condensate is present. At a vacuum state there is exact balance to zero of the gauge fields condensate and the original scalar fields potential. As a result it is possible to combine the solution of the Λproblem with inflation and transition to a Λ=0 phase without fine tuning after a reheating period. The model opens new possibilities for a solution of the hierarchy problem.

7 pages, received an "honorable mention" from Gravity Research Foundation, 1998

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