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One-loop effective action for non-local modified Gauss–Bonnet gravity in de Sitter space

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We discuss the classical and quantum properties of non-local modified Gauss–Bonnet gravity in de Sitter space, using its equivalent representation via string-inspired local scalar-Gauss–Bonnet gravity with a scalar potential. A classical, multiple de Sitter universe solution is found where one of the de Sitter phases corresponds to the primordial inflationary epoch, while the other de Sitter space solution—the one with the smallest Hubble rate—describes the late-time acceleration of our universe. A Chameleon scenario for the theory under investigation is developed, and it is successfully used to show that the theory complies with gravitational tests. An explicit expression for the one-loop effective action for this non-local modified Gauss–Bonnet gravity in the de Sitter space is obtained. It is argued that this effective action might be an important step towards the solution of the cosmological constant problem.

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  1. Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Trento and Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare Gruppo Collegato di Trento, Trento, Italia

    Guido Cognola & Sergio Zerbini

  2. Facultat Ciències, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (ICE/CSIC) and Institut d’Estudis Espacials de Catalunya (IEEC), Campus UAB, Torre C5-Par-2a pl, 08193, Bellaterra (Barcelona), Spain

    Emilio Elizalde & Sergei D. Odintsov

  3. Department of Physics, Nagoya University, Nagoya, 464-8602, Japan

    Shin’ichi Nojiri

  4. ICREA, Barcelona, Spain

    Sergei D. Odintsov

  5. Center of Theor. Phys., TSPU, Tomsk, Russia

    Sergei D. Odintsov

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Cognola, G., Elizalde, E., Nojiri, S. et al. One-loop effective action for non-local modified Gauss–Bonnet gravity in de Sitter space. Eur. Phys. J. C 64, 483–494 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-009-1154-4

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