Comprehensive solution to the cosmological constant, zero-point energy, and quantum gravity problems

General Relativity and Gravitation

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 703-750

  Mannheim, Philip D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Conformal gravity; Cosmological constant problem; Quantum gravity; Zero point energy

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951724093     PISSN: 00017701     EISSN: 15729532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10714-010-1088-z     Document Type: Article

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