Quantum relaxation of the cosmological constant

Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics

Volumn 347, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 47-50

  Jackiw, R ^a   Núñez, Carlos ^a   Pi, S Y ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSMOLOGICAL CONSTANTS; FIELD THEORY; QUANTUM RELAXATION; ZERO VALUES;

EID: 27744479840     PISSN: 03759601     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physleta.2005.04.020     Document Type: Article

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