Why the cosmological constant is small and positive

Science

Volumn 312, Issue 5777, 2006, Pages 1180-1183

  Stainhardt, Paul J ^a   Turok, Neil ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSMIC RAYS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RELAXATION PROCESSES; VACUUM;

BIG BANG COSMOLOGY; COSMOLOGICAL CONSTANT; DYNAMICAL MECHANISM; VACUUM DENSITY;

ASTROPHYSICS;

COSMOLOGY;

ARTICLE; COSMOS; ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; QUANTUM THEORY; VACUUM;

EID: 33744499436     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1126231     Document Type: Article

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