English

Cosmological Constant Problem

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2007-05-23 v1 Astrophysics High Energy Physics - Phenomenology High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

The cosmological constant problem is reviewed and a possible quantum gravity resolution is proposed. A space satellite E\"otv\"os experiment for zero-point vacuum energy is proposed to see whether Casimir vacuum energy falls in a gravitational field at the same rate as ordinary matter.

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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0312115,
  title  = {Cosmological Constant Problem},
  author = {J. W. Moffat},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0312115},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

8 pages. No figures. Latex file. Talk given at QFEXT03, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, September 15-19, 2003. To be published in the proceedings by Rinton Press