A Solution to the Cosmological Constant Problem
Abstract
The fluctuations of the vacuum energy are treated as a non-equilibrium process and a stochastic model for the cosmological constant is presented, which yields a natural explanation for the smallness or zero value of the constant in the present epoch and its large value in an era of inflation in the early universe.
- Publication:
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arXiv e-prints
- Pub Date:
- June 1996
- DOI:
- 10.48550/arXiv.astro-ph/9606071
- arXiv:
- arXiv:astro-ph/9606071
- Bibcode:
- 1996astro.ph..6071M
- Keywords:
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- Astrophysics;
- General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology;
- High Energy Physics - Theory
- E-Print:
- 7 pages Revtex