Quantum scale invariance, cosmological constant and hierarchy problem

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

Volumn 671, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 162-166

  Shaposhnikov, Mikhail ^a   Zenhäusern, Daniel ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cosmological constant problem; Dark energy; Hierarchy problem; Inflation; Scale invariance; Unimodular gravity

Indexed keywords

EID: 57749100991     PISSN: 03702693     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physletb.2008.11.041     Document Type: Article

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