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The cosmological constant $\Lambda$ is a free parameter in Einstein's equations of gravity. We propose to fix its value with a boundary condition: test particles should be free when outside causal contact, e.g. at infinity. Under this…

General Physics · Physics 2019-05-24 Enrique Gaztanaga

We consider further consequences of recently [1] revealed role of cosmological constant \Lambda as of a physical constant, along with the gravitational one to define the gravity i.e. the General Relativity and its low-energy limit. We now…

General Physics · Physics 2019-03-13 V. G. Gurzadyan , A. Stepanian

The observed value $\Lambda_{\rm obs}$ of the cosmological constant $\Lambda$ is extremely smaller than theoretical expectations, and the anthropic argument has been proposed as a solution to this problem because galaxies do not form when…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-10-09 Tomonori Totani , Hidetoshi Omiya , Takahiro Sudoh , Masakazu A. R. Kobayashi , Masahiro Nagashima

Supernovae observations strongly support the presence of a cosmological constant, but its value, which we will call apparent, is normally determined assuming that the Universe can be accurately described by a homogeneous model. Even in the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 Antonio Enea Romano , Pisin Chen

A covariant Lagrangian formulation of a solution to the cosmological constant problem, based on vizualising the fluctuations of the vacuum energy as a non-equilibrium process with stochastic behaviour, is presented. The variational…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 J. W. Moffat

We formulate the basic framework of thermodynamical entropic force cosmology which allows variation of the gravitational constant $G$ and the speed of light $c$. Three different approaches to the formulation of the field equations are…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-03-10 Mariusz P. Dabrowski , H. Gohar , Vincenzo Salzano

It is shown that the usual choice of units obtained by taking G = c = Planck constant = 1, giving the Planck units of mass, length and time, introduces an artificial contradiction between cosmology and particle physics: the lambda problem…

General Physics · Physics 2009-04-17 Antonio Alfonso-Faus

Astronomical observations have shown that the expansion of the universe is at present accelerating, in a way consistent with the presence of a positive cosmological constant. This is a major puzzle, because we do not understand: why the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Jordi Miralda-Escude

We derive new limits on the value of the cosmological constant, $\Lambda$, based on the Einstein bending of light by systems where the lens is a distant galaxy or a cluster of galaxies. We use an amended lens equation in which the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Mustapha Ishak , Wolfgang Rindler , Jason Dossett , Jacob Moldenhauer , Chris Allison

We demonstrate that, in the context of the $\Lambda$CDM model, it is in principle possible to measure the value of the cosmological constant by tracing, across cosmic time, the evolution of the turnaround radius of cosmic structures. The…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-01-18 Dimitrios Tanoglidis , Vasiliki Pavlidou , Theodore Tomaras

We present here a phenomenological cosmological model under perfect fluid distribution with a stiff equation of state $p=\rho$. The erstwhile cosmological constant is assumed to be a time dependent variable, i.e., $\Lambda = \Lambda(t)$ in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Saibal Ray , Utpal Mukhopadhyay

Everpresent $\Lambda$ is a cosmological scenario in which the observed cosmological "constant" $\Lambda$ fluctuates between positive and negative values with a vanishing mean, and with a magnitude comparable to the critical density at any…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-10-17 Nosiphiwo Zwane , Niayesh Afshordi , Rafael D. Sorkin

We explore a model in which the cosmological constant $\Lambda$ and the density contrast at the time of recombination $\sigma_{rec}$ are random variables, whose range and {\it a priori} probabilities are determined by the laws of physics.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-25 Jaume Garriga , Mario Livio , Alexander Vilenkin

In this work a satisfactory, simple theoretical prediction of the data corresponding to observationally (by fine tuning condition) estimated value of the cosmological constant is given. It is supposed (in conceptually analogy with…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-12-27 Vladan Pankovic , Simo Ciganovic , Jovan Ivanovic , Rade Glavatovic , Petar Grujic

Problems with the concordance cosmology $\Lambda$CDM as the cosmological constant problem, coincidence problems and Hubble tension has led to many proposed alternatives, as the $\Lambda(t)$CDM, where the now called $\Lambda$ cosmological…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-02-03 H. A. P. Macedo , L. S. Brito , J. F. Jesus , M. E. S. Alves

We construct the cosmological model to explain the cosmological constant problem. We built the extension of the standard cosmological model $\Lambda$CDM by consideration of decaying vacuum energy represented by the running cosmological…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-07-08 Marek Szydlowski

We have identified seven (field) elliptical galaxies acting as strong gravitational lenses and have used them to measure cosmological parameters. To find the most likely value for Omega_m (= Omega_matter) and Lambda, we have used the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-28 Myungshin Im , Richard E. Griffiths , Kavan U. Ratnatunga

We derive an observational constraint on a spherical inhomogeneity of the void centered at our position from the angular power spectrum of the cosmic microwave background(CMB) and local measurements of the Hubble parameter. The late time…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-04-04 Masato Tokutake , Kiyotomo Ichiki , Chul-Moon Yoo

It is well known that anthropic selection from a landscape with a flat prior distribution of cosmological constant Lambda gives a reasonable fit to observation. However, a realistic model of the multiverse has a physical volume that…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-02-23 Andrea De Simone , Alan H. Guth , Michael P. Salem , Alexander Vilenkin

The case for a flat Cold Dark Matter model with a positive cosmological constant $\Lambda$ has been recently strongly advocated by some theoreticians. In this paper we give the observers point of view to the light of the most recent…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 B. Fort , Y. Mellier