COMMENTS ON THE COSMOLOGICAL CONSTANT PROBLEM AND HOW IT CAN BE SOLVED

Authors
WESSON PS
Citation
Ps. Wesson, COMMENTS ON THE COSMOLOGICAL CONSTANT PROBLEM AND HOW IT CAN BE SOLVED, International journal of modern physics D, 6(5), 1997, pp. 643-648
Citations number
20
Journal title
International journal of modern physics D → ACNP
ISSN journal
02182718
Volume
6
Issue
5
Year of publication
1997
Pages
643 - 648
Database
ISI
SICI code
0218-2718(1997)6:5<643:COTCCP>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
The problem of disparate estimates of the energy density of the vacuum can be solved, at least in principle, by reducing a higher-dimensiona l theory of gravity to general relativity and a local cosmological ''c onstant.''.