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Cosmological Constant Problem

The "Cosmological Constant Problem" is a theoretical discrepancy in physics representing the stark inconsistency between the observed small value of the vacuum energy density in cosmology and the much larger value predicted by quantum field theory.

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The cosmological constant problem

Steven Weinberg · Reviews of Modern Physics · 1989 · 7.3K citations · Full text

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THE CASE FOR A POSITIVE COSMOLOGICAL Λ-TERM

Varun Sahni, Alexei A. Starobinsky · International Journal of Modern Physics D · 2000 · 2.7K citations · Full text

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The Cosmological Constant

Sean M. Carroll, William H. Press, Edwin L. Turner · Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics · 1992 · 1.5K citations

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Effective Field Theory, Black Holes, and the Cosmological Constant

Andrew G. Cohen, David B. Kaplan, Ann E. Nelson · Physical Review Letters · 1999 · 1.4K citations · Full text

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Quantization of four-form fluxes and dynamical neutralization of the cosmological constant

Raphael Bousso, Joseph Polchinski · Journal of High Energy Physics · 2000 · 1.3K citations · Full text

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    Eduardo Guendelman

    Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

    11 publications · 350 citations

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  2. JS
    Joan Solà

    Universitat de Barcelona, Spain

    11 publications · 1.2K citations

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  3. NA
    Niayesh Afshordi

    Perimeter Institute, Canada

    9 publications · 623 citations

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  4. CW
    C. Wetterich

    Heidelberg University, Germany

    9 publications · 341 citations

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  5. AL
    Andrei Linde

    Stanford University, United States

    8 publications · 833 citations

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  1. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    21 h-index

    46 publications

    8.5K citations

  2. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    20 h-index

    29 publications

    2.8K citations

  3. European Organization for Nuclear Research

    Geneva, Switzerland

    19 h-index

    41 publications

    4.7K citations

  4. Perimeter Institute

    Waterloo, Canada

    18 h-index

    40 publications

    2.8K citations

  5. Universitat de Barcelona

    Barcelona, Spain

    17 h-index

    25 publications

    1.9K citations

  6. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

    Berkeley, United States

    17 h-index

    38 publications

    4.7K citations

  7. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    16 h-index

    31 publications

    2.5K citations

  8. University of Waterloo

    Waterloo, Canada

    14 h-index

    28 publications

    1.6K citations

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  1. Physics Letters B

    91 publications · 7.3K citations

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  4. Journal of High Energy Physics

    JHEP · 40 publications · 4.3K citations

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  5. Classical and Quantum Gravity

    46 publications · 1.7K citations

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