Towards a realistic solution of the cosmological constant fine-tuning problem by Higgs inflation
Why is the cosmological constant [Lambda] observed today so much smaller than the Planck scale, and why is the Universe accelerating at present? This is the so-called cosmological constant fine-tuning problem. In this paper, we find that this problem may be solved with the help of Higgs inflation by...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Physical review. D, Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology, 2014-11, Vol.90 (10), Article 103009 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Why is the cosmological constant [Lambda] observed today so much smaller than the Planck scale, and why is the Universe accelerating at present? This is the so-called cosmological constant fine-tuning problem. In this paper, we find that this problem may be solved with the help of Higgs inflation by simply assuming a variable cosmological "constant" during the inflationary epoch. Meanwhile, it could predict a large tensor-to-scalar ratio r [asymptotically =] 0.20 and a large running of the spectral index n' sub(s) [asymptotically =] -0.028 with a red-tilt spectrum n sub(s) [asymptotically =] 0.96, as well as a big enough number of e-folds N [asymptotically =] 40, requiring that we solve the problems in big bang cosmology with the help of [Lambda]. |
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ISSN: | 1550-7998 1550-2368 |
DOI: | 10.1103/PhysRevD.90.103009 |