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Open AccessArticle10.4236/jhepgc.2017.32032

Analyzing If a Graviton Gas Acts Like a Cosmological Vacuum State and “Cosmological” Constant Parameter

Andrew Beckwith-2017-01-01-Journal of High Energy Physics Gravitation and Cosmology

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If a non-zero graviton mass exists, the question arises if a release of gravitons, possibly as a “Graviton gas” at the onset of inflation could be an initial vacuum state. Pros and cons to this idea are raised, in part based upon Bose gases. The analysis starts with Volovik’s condensed matter treatment of GR, and ends with consequences, which the author sees, if the supposition is true.

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If a non-zero graviton mass exists, the question arises if a release of gravitons, possibly as a “Graviton gas” at the onset of inflation could be an initial vacuum state. Pros and cons to this idea are raised, in part based upon Bose gases. The analysis starts with Volovik’s condensed matter treatment of GR, and ends with consequences, which the author sees, if the supposition is true.

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GravitonPhysicsCosmological constantInflation (cosmology)Vacuum stateTheoretical physicsVacuum energyEquation of state

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