English

Why The Cosmological Constant is a Boundary Condition

High Energy Physics - Theory 2018-11-13 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

We review arguments that the cosmological constant (c.c.) should not be thought of as a local contribution to the energy density, but rather as an infrared boundary condition specifying particular models of quantum gravity.

Keywords

Cite

@article{arxiv.1811.00130,
  title  = {Why The Cosmological Constant is a Boundary Condition},
  author = {Tom Banks and Willy Fischler},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1811.00130},
  year   = {2018}
}

Comments

12 pages, 2 figures, added references and expanded discussion of large radius CFTs

R2 v1 2026-06-23T04:59:51.715Z