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Brane Universes and the Cosmological Constant

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-11-11 v2

Abstract

The cosmological constant problem and brane universes are reviewed briefly. We discuss how the cosmological constant problem manifests itself in various scenarios for brane universes. We review attempts - and their difficulties - that aim at a solution of the cosmological constant problem.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0509062,
  title  = {Brane Universes and the Cosmological Constant},
  author = {Ulrich Ellwanger},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0509062},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

corrected typos, added references, 13 pages, accepted by MPLA as brief review

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