The Cosmological Constant

Living Reviews in Relativity

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2001, Pages

  Carroll, Sean M ^a,b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

cosmological constant; cosmology; vacuum energy

Indexed keywords

EID: 85039594787     PISSN: 23673613     EISSN: 14338351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12942/lrr-2001-1     Document Type: Review

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