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The cosmological constant problem: a user's guide

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2010-03-25 v1

Abstract

We discuss the validity of general relativity at low-energy and relate the threshold below which the theory breaks down with the observed value of the cosmological constant. This suggests the existence of a mass scale of O(103)eV{\cal O}(10^{-3}) eV and a putative violation of the equivalence principle at about 101410^{-14} level.

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@article{arxiv.0905.3110,
  title  = {The cosmological constant problem: a user's guide},
  author = {Orfeu Bertolami},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0905.3110},
  year   = {2010}
}

Comments

9 pages. Essay selected for an honorable mention by the Gravity Research Foundation, 2009

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