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    cosmology, the cosmological constant (usually denoted by the Greek capital letter lambda: Λ), alternatively called Einstein's cosmological constant,...
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    quantum field theory? More unsolved problems in physics In cosmology, the cosmological constant problem or vacuum catastrophe is the substantial disagreement...
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  • Tμν is the stress–energy tensor, Λ is the cosmological constant and κ is the Einstein gravitational constant. The Einstein tensor is defined as G μ ν =...
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    Hubble for providing the observational basis for modern cosmology. The cosmological constant has regained attention in recent decades as a hypothetical...
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    equations, R(t) is the cosmological scale factor, G {\displaystyle G} is the Newtonian constant of gravitation, Λ is the cosmological constant with dimension...
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    mathematical model of the Big Bang theory with three major components: a cosmological constant, denoted by lambda (Λ), associated with dark energy; the postulated...
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    physical cosmology, current observations in favor of an accelerating universe imply the existence of a tiny, but nonzero cosmological constant. This problem...
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  • value}}{\text{theoretical value}}}} Examples include Einstein's cosmological constant, dark energy, the initial proposals of dark matter and inflation...
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    Physical cosmology is a branch of cosmology concerned with the study of cosmological models. A cosmological model, or simply cosmology, provides a description...
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    Universe (category Physical cosmology)
    homogeneity and isotropy of space. A version of the model with a cosmological constant (Lambda) and cold dark matter, known as the Lambda-CDM model, is...
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    gravitational dynamics. For photons, expansion leads to the cosmological redshift. While the cosmological redshift is often explained as the stretching of photon...
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    non-zero cosmological constant resulting in an accelerating universe would have been considered non-standard in 1990, but is part of the standard cosmology in...
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    Subsequent modelling of the universe explored the possibility that the cosmological constant, introduced by Einstein in his 1917 paper, may result in an expanding...
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    in addressing the so-called cosmological constant problem. One of the earliest documented attempts to apply brane cosmology as part of a conceptual theory...
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    sense of quantum field theories. In cosmology, the vacuum energy is one possible explanation for the cosmological constant and the source of dark energy. Scientists...
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    Dark energy (category Physical cosmological concepts)
    effect, cosmological coupling and shockwave cosmology (see the section § Alternatives to dark energy). The "cosmological constant" is a constant term that...
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    Big Crunch (category Physical cosmology)
    FLRW cosmology can predict whether the expansion will eventually stop based on the average energy density, Hubble parameter, and cosmological constant. If...
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    electric charge. Lemaître also argued in favor of including a positive cosmological constant in the Einstein field equations, both for conceptual reasons and...
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  • The cosmological constant, which can be thought of as the density of dark energy in the universe, is a fundamental constant in physical cosmology that...
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    Ultimate fate of the universe (category Physical cosmology)
    "Sinks in the landscape, Boltzmann brains and the cosmological constant problem". Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics. 2007 (1): 022. arXiv:hep-th/0611043...
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    In physical cosmology, cosmic inflation, cosmological inflation, or just inflation, is a theory of exponential expansion of space in the very early universe...
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  • positive sign of the cosmological constant, which is the case according to the currently accepted value of the cosmological constant, Λ, that is approximately...
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    the Einstein tensor (not the gravitational constant despite the use of G), Λ is the cosmological constant, gμν is the metric tensor, Tμν is the stress–energy...
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  • study based on the observation of methanol in a distant galaxy. The cosmological constant is a measure of the energy density of the vacuum. It was first measured...
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    Age of the universe (category Physical cosmological concepts)
    a steady-state universe, Einstein added what was later called a cosmological constant to his equations. Einstein's model of a static universe was proved...
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    anisotropic? More unsolved problems in physics An inhomogeneous cosmology is a physical cosmological theory (an astronomical model of the physical universe's...
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  • Einstein himself considered the introduction of the cosmological constant in his 1917 paper founding cosmology as a "blunder". The theory of general relativity...
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    ordinary matter, so the dynamics of the universe are dominated by the cosmological constant, thought to correspond to dark energy in our universe or the inflaton...
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  • physics, physical models for dark energy do not match cosmological data, and some cosmological observations are inconsistent. These issues have led to...
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  • contributed by a cosmological constant. Steven Weinberg gave an anthropic explanation for this fact: he noted that the cosmological constant has a remarkably...
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