title: Manifestly Local Theory of Vacuum Energy Sequestering.
abstract: We present a manifestly local, diffeomorphism invariant, and locally Poincaré invariant formulation of vacuum energy sequestering. In this theory, quantum vacuum energy generated by matter loops is canceled by auxiliary fields. The auxiliary fields decouple from gravity almost completely. Their only residual effect is an a priori arbitrary, finite contribution to the curvature of the background geometry, which is radiatively stable. Its value is to be determined by a measurement, like the finite part of any radiatively stable UV-sensitive quantity in quantum field theory.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA.
authors.forename: Nemanja
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kaloper
authors.affiliation: School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Padilla
authors.affiliation: School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Stefanyszyn
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA.
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zahariade