Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
2003-10-08
Mod.Phys.Lett.A20:733-743,2005
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
10 pages, including 1 figure
Scientific paper
10.1142/S0217732305016944
In this Letter we show that the vacuum polarization of quantum fields in an anti-de Sitter space naturally gives rise to a small but nonzero cosmological constant in a brane world living in it. To explain the extremely small ratio of mass density in the cosmological constant to the Planck mass density in our universe (\approx 10^{-123}) as suggested by cosmological observations, all we need is a four-dimensional brane world (our universe) living in a five-dimensional anti-de Sitter space with a curvature radius r_0 \sim 10^{-3}cm and a fundamental Planck energy M_P \sim 10^9 GeV, and a scalar field with a mass m \sim r_0^{-1}\sim 10^{-2}eV. Probing gravity down to a scale \sim 10^{-3}cm, which is attainable in the near future, will provide a test of the model.
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