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.
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@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