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Inflaton vacuum fluctuations as dark matter and the potential V(phi) as dark energy
Max Chaves
It is shown, using quantum field theory in curved spacetime, how the expansion of the universe during inflation produces an aggregate of particles and inflaton vacuum fluctuations…
Dark matter and dark energy from pockets of gravity created by quantum tunneling of the inflaton potential
Max Chaves
It is usually assumed that during the reheating period of inflation the inflaton field behaves coherently and follows a classical path. It is pointed out that a background inflaton…
Dark matter from primordial metric fields and the term (grad g_{00})^2
Max Chaves
It is a well-known truism, inspired on the general theory of relativity, that gravity gravitates. Here we suggest the possibility that dark matter may be caused by the gravitation…
Renormalization of a modified gravity with a quadratic Riemann tensor term
M. Chaves
We consider a modified form of gravity, which has an extra term quadratic in the Riemann tensor. This term mimics a Yang-Mills theory. The other defining characteristic of this gra…
The quantization of gravity and the vacuum energy of quantum fields
Max Chaves
We construct a unified covariant derivative that contains the sum of an affine connection and a Yang-Mills field. With it we construct a lagrangian that is invariant both under dif…
Phantom energy from graded algebras
Max Chaves, Douglas Singleton
We construct a model of phantom energy using the graded Lie algebra SU(2/1). The negative kinetic energy of the phantom field emerges naturally from the graded Lie algebra, resulti…