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The cosmological constant problem

Reviews of Modern Physics · 1989 · Vol. 61(1) · pp. 1–23

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.

Cosmology and Gravitation Theories Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena Relativity and Gravitational TheoryPhysicsCosmological constantCosmological constant problemConstant (computer programming)Theoretical physicsCosmologyAstrophysicsDark energy

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National Science Foundation
Welch Foundation

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