The trace anomaly and dynamical vacuum energy in cosmology

International Journal of Modern Physics A

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2391-2408

  Mottola, Emil ^a,b  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b CERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Casimir Effect; Cosmological Constant; Dark Energy; Trace Anomaly; Vacuum Energy

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952329806     PISSN: 0217751X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0217751X10049670     Document Type: Article

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