Universe (May 2025)

Quantum Fields and the Cosmological Constant

  • Renata Ferrero,
  • Vincenzo Naso,
  • Roberto Percacci

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/universe11060173
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 6
p. 173

Abstract

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It has been shown that if one solves self-consistently the semiclassical Einstein equations in the presence of a quantum scalar field, with a cutoff on the number of modes, spacetime become flatter when the cutoff increases. Here, we extend the result to include the effect of fields with spin 0, 1/2, 1 and 2. With minor adjustments, the main result persists. Remarkably, one can have positive curvature even if the cosmological constant in the bare action is negative.

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