Published April 2001
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Journal article
The cosmological constant in brief
Creators
Description
I review, at a fairly elementary level, the basic kinematic and dynamical consequences associated to the existence of a cosmological term in Einstein's equations. In particular, the recent interpretation of data from Type Ia supernovae in terms of a small, positive, cosmological constant selects a distinguished set of Friedmann-Lemaitre cosmological models. One of them should be the universe where we live
Additional details
Identifiers
- PII
- S0920563201010490;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Nuclear Physics. B, Proceedings Supplements
- Journal Volume
- 95
- Journal Issue
- 1-3
- Journal Page Range
- p. 29-37
- ISSN
- 0920-5632
- CODEN
- NPBSE7
Conference
- Title
- 6. international conference on frontiers in particle astrophysics and cosmology
- Dates
- 30 Sep - 5 Oct 2000
- Place
- San Feliu de Guixols (Spain)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Netherlands
- Country of Input or Organization
- Mexico
- INIS RN
- 34054718
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- COSMOLOGICAL CONSTANT; DEGREES OF FREEDOM; DIAGRAMS; EINSTEIN FIELD EQUATIONS; HIGGS BOSONS; MASS; RENORMALIZATION; SCALARS; STANDARD MODEL; SUPERNOVAE; UNIVERSE
- Descriptors DEC
- BINARY STARS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; EQUATIONS; ERUPTIVE VARIABLE STARS; FIELD EQUATIONS; FIELD THEORIES; GRAND UNIFIED THEORY; INFORMATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLE MODELS; POSTULATED PARTICLES; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; STARS; UNIFIED GAUGE MODELS; VARIABLE STARS
Optional Information
- Copyright
- Copyright (c) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.