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Remarks on the Cosmological Constant

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics 2015-06-05 v3 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

The acceleration of the surface of last scatter (SLS) must somehow reflect the energy content within it. A test particle at the SLS is assumed to experience a linear combination of two forces: one Newtonian, the other pseudo-Newtonian describable by a cosmological constant Λ{\Lambda} in general relativity. In the Λ{\Lambda} description, which is surely too unimaginative, the size of Λ{\Lambda} reflects only the comparable magnitudes of the Newtonian and pseudo-Newtonian forces; any claim of fine tuning due to quantum mechanics is probably illusory.

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@article{arxiv.1205.4594,
  title  = {Remarks on the Cosmological Constant},
  author = {Paul H. Frampton},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1205.4594},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

6 pages, no figures; improved version

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