The Principle of Non-Gravitating Vacuum Energy and some of its consequences

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1996-05-13

arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9605026v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

23 pages

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevD.53.7020

For Einstein's General Relativity (GR) or the alternatives suggested up to date$ the vacuum energy gravitates. We present a model where a new measure is introduced for integration of the total action in the D-dimensional space-time. This measure is built from D scalar fields $\varphi_{a}$. As a consequence of such a choice of the measure, the matter lagrangian $L_{m}$ can be changed by adding a constant while no gravitational effects, like a cosmological term, are induced. Such Non-Gravitating Vacuum Energy (NGVE) theory has an infinite dimensional symmetry group which contains volume-preserving diffeomorphisms in the internal space of scalar fields $\varphi_{a}$. Other symmetries contained in this symmetry group, suggest a deep connection of this theory with theories of extended objects. In general {\em the theory is different from GR} although for certain choices of $L_{m}$, which are related to the existence of an additional symmetry, solutions of GR are solutions of the model. This is achieved in four dimensions if $L_{m}$ is due to fundamental bosonic and fermionic strings. Other types of matter where this feature of the theory is realized, are for example: scalars without potential or subjected to nonlinear constraints, massless fermions and point particles. The point particle plays a special role, since it is a good phenomenological description of matter at large distances. de Sitter space is realized in an unconventional way, where the de Sitter metric holds, but such de Sitter space is supported by the existence of a variable scalar field which in practice destroys the maximal symmetry. The only space - time where maximal symmetry is not broken, in a dynamical sense, is Minkowski space. The theory has non trivial dynamics in 1+1 dimensions, unlike GR.

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