Conformal fixed point, cosmological constant and quintessence

Oct, 2002
4 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.Lett. 90 (2003) 231302
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Report number:
  • HD-THEP-02-37

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Abstract:
We connect a possible solution for the ``cosmological constant problem'' to the existence of a (postulated) conformal fixed point in a fundamental theory. The resulting cosmology leads to quintessence, where the present acceleration of the expansion of the universe is linked to a crossover in the flow of coupling constants.
  • cosmological constant
  • quintessence
  • fixed point: conformal
  • effective action
  • cosmon
  • dark energy
  • renormalization
  • Higgs particle
  • quantum chromodynamics
  • excited state: mass
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