Metric Unification of Gravitation and Electromagnetism Solves the Cosmological Constant Problem

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dc.creatorÖzer, Murat
dc.date2000-02-17
dc.date2000-02-26
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T03:24:46Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T03:24:46Z
dc.descriptionWe first review the cosmological constant problem, and then mention a conjecture of Feynman according to which the general relativistic theory of gravity should be reformulated in such a way that energy does not couple to gravity. We point out that our recent unification of gravitation and electromagnetism through a symmetric tensor has the property that the free electromagnetic energy and the vacuum energy do not contribute explicitly to the curvature of spacetime just like the free gravitational energy. Therefore in this formulation of general relativity, the vacuum energy density has its very large value today as in the early universe, while the cosmological constant does not exist at all.
dc.descriptionLaTex, 6 pages. An erroneous statement has been corrected
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0002061
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0002061
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/33460
dc.subjectGeneral Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Phenomenology
dc.titleMetric Unification of Gravitation and Electromagnetism Solves the Cosmological Constant Problem
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