TIME, VACUUM ENERGY, AND THE COSMOLOGICAL CONSTANT

被引:2
作者
Husain, Viqar [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ New Brunswick, Dept Math & Stat, Fredericton, NB E3B 5A3, Canada
来源
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MODERN PHYSICS D | 2009年 / 18卷 / 14期
基金
加拿大自然科学与工程研究理事会;
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D O I
10.1142/S0218271809015928
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
We describe a link between the cosmological constant problem and the problem of time in quantum gravity. This arises from examining the relationship between the cosmological constant and vacuum energy in light of nonperturbative formulations of quantum gravity.
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页码:2265 / 2268
页数:4
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