Vacuum energy: Myths and reality

International Journal of Modern Physics D

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1987-2010

  Volovik, G E ^a,b  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b LANDAU INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Cosmological constant; Dark energy; Zero point energy

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947174715     PISSN: 02182718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218271806009431     Document Type: Article

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