Paper · Jun 25, 2021
Trace Anomaly, Perelman's Functionals and the Cosmological Constant
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Abstract
The trace anomaly and the cosmological constant problem are two typical breakdowns when applying the quantum principle to a general covariant or gravitational system. A quantum theory of spacetime reference frame is proposed and reviewed. We study the theory by functional method, and show that the trace anomaly of the theory is closely related to some of the Perelman's functionals. The functionals may provide us possible links between the trace anomaly and the cosmological constant. We find that to cancel the trace anomaly at the lab's scale up to very high energy, a cosmological constant is required which is consistent with observations. In the framework, an effective theory of gravity and possible observational effect are also discussed.
- Submitted
- Jun 25, 2021
- Subjects
- gr-qc, hep-th
Comments: 14 pages, to be published in Classical and Quantum Gravity
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- 6A.12Entropy, Information and Diffusion
Entropy along the heat flow, the log-Sobolev inequality and Li–Yau: the ancestors of Perelman’s entropy.
- 6A.13Self-Similar Variables and Monotonicity
Changing variables so that self-similar solutions stand still: convergence to the Gaussian, Giga–Kohn blow-up, Gaussian-weighted monotonicity formulas, frequency functions, and the blow-up logic of Huisken, Struwe and Perelman.
- 6B.16Eigenvalue Problems and Perelman’s λ
Rayleigh quotients and min–max, Faber–Krahn and Cheeger’s inequality, ground states of Schrödinger operators, spectral clustering, and the first eigenvalue of −4Δ + R that begins Perelman’s first preprint.