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The Cosmological Constant and the Deconstruction of Gravity
Witten has presented an argument for the vanishing of the cosmological constant in 2+1 dimensions. This argument is crucially tied to the specific properties of (2+1)-dimensional gravity. We argue that this reasoning can be deconstructed to 3+1 dimensions under certain conditions. Our observation is...
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| Lenguaje: | eng |
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2002
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| Acceso en línea: | https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0370-2693(03)00101-1 http://cds.cern.ch/record/595049 |
| Sumario: | Witten has presented an argument for the vanishing of the cosmological constant in 2+1 dimensions. This argument is crucially tied to the specific properties of (2+1)-dimensional gravity. We argue that this reasoning can be deconstructed to 3+1 dimensions under certain conditions. Our observation is also tied to a possibility that there exists a well-defined UV completion of (3+1)-dimensional gravity. |
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