An observational test for the anthropic origin of the cosmological constant

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn , Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Loeb, Abraham ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosmological constant experiments; Dark energy theory; String theory and cosmology

Indexed keywords

EID: 42749100233     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2006/05/009     Document Type: Article

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