Physics / Fizik
Permanent URI for this collectionhttps://hdl.handle.net/11147/6
Browse
2 results
Search Results
Article Citation - WoS: 14Citation - Scopus: 15A Symmetry for Vanishing Cosmological Constant: Another Realization(Elsevier Ltd., 2006) Erdem, RecaiA more conventional realization of a symmetry which had been proposed towards the solution of cosmological constant problem is considered. In this study the multiplication of the coordinates by the imaginary number i in the literature is replaced by the multiplication of the metric tensor by minus one. This realization of the symmetry as well forbids a bulk cosmological constant and selects out 2 (2 n + 1)-dimensional spaces. On contrary to its previous realization the symmetry, without any need for its extension, also forbids a possible cosmological constant term which may arise from the extra-dimensional curvature scalar provided that the space is taken as the union of two 2 (2 n + 1)-dimensional spaces where the usual 4-dimensional space lies at the intersection of these spaces. It is shown that this symmetry may be realized through space-time reflections that change the sign of the volume element. A possible relation of this symmetry to the E-parity symmetry of Linde is also pointed out.Conference Object Citation - WoS: 22Citation - Scopus: 23A Symmetry for Vanishing Cosmological Constant in an Extra-Dimensional Toy Model(Elsevier, 2005) Erdem, RecaiWe introduce a symmetry principle that forbids a bulk cosmological constant in six and ten dimensions. Then the symmetry is extended in six dimensions so that it insures absence of 4-dimensional cosmological constant induced by the six-dimensional curvature scalar, at least, for a class of metrics. A small cosmological constant may be induced in this scheme by breaking of the symmetry by a small amount.