Spacetime Foam, Midisuperspace, and the Cosmological Constant
Perhaps the cosmological constant really is huge at the Planck scale, but is “hidden” by Planck scale quantum fluctuations of spacetime. I briefly review this proposal and provide some evidence, coming from a simplified midisuperspace model, that an appropriate “foamy” structure can do the job of hi...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Universe (Basel) 2021-12, Vol.7 (12), p.495 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Perhaps the cosmological constant really is huge at the Planck scale, but is “hidden” by Planck scale quantum fluctuations of spacetime. I briefly review this proposal and provide some evidence, coming from a simplified midisuperspace model, that an appropriate “foamy” structure can do the job of hiding a large cosmological constant, and can persist under time evolution. |
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ISSN: | 2218-1997 2218-1997 |
DOI: | 10.3390/universe7120495 |