The cosmological constant and the deconstruction of gravity

Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics

Volumn 556, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 71-79

  Jejjala, Vishnu ^a   Leigh, Robert G ^b,c   Minic, Djordje ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CERN   (Switzerland)

^c University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COSMOS; GRAVITY; THEORY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VACUUM;

EID: 0037435181     PISSN: 03702693     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0370-2693(03)00101-1     Document Type: Article

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