A natural cosmological constant from chameleons

We present a simple model where the effective cosmological constant appears from chameleon scalar fields. For a Kachru–Kallosh–Linde–Trivedi (KKLT)-inspired form of the potential and a particular chameleon coupling to the local density, patches of approximately constant scalar field potential cluste...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Horatiu Nastase, Amanda Weltman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-07-01
Series:Physics Letters B
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0370269315004104