The cosmological constant problem

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Authors

Steven Weinberg · The University of Texas at Austin

Abstract

Astronomical observations indicate that the cosmological constant is many orders of magnitude smaller than estimated in modern theories of elementary particles. After a brief review of the history of this problem, five different approaches to its solution are described.

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Cosmology and Gravitation Theories Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena Relativity and Gravitational Theory

Publication Details

Published in: Reviews of Modern Physics

Volume 61, Issue 1, pp. 1-23

DOI: 10.1103/revmodphys.61.1

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The cosmological constant problem

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