Published November 6, 1986 | Version v1
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The cosmological constant, non-compact symmetries and Weyl invariance

Creators

  • 1. Science and Engineering Research Council, Chilton (UK). Rutherford Appleton Lab.
  • 2. European Organization for Nuclear Research, Geneva (Switzerland)
  • 3. Saint John's Coll., Oxford (UK)
  • 4. Oxford Univ. (UK). Dept. of Theoretical Physics

Description

The vanishing of the cosmological constant is in principle unrelated to the presence of non-compact symmetries. Obvious exceptions appear to be unrealistic. (orig.)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Phys. Lett., B
Journal Volume
180
Journal Issue
1/2
Series
Phys. Lett., B.
Journal Page Range
25-28
ISSN
0370-2693
CODEN
PYLBA

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
Netherlands
INIS RN
18010706
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
COSMOLOGICAL CONSTANT; GENERAL RELATIVITY THEORY; LAGRANGIAN FIELD THEORY; METRICS; POTENTIALS; SCALE INVARIANCE; SCALING LAWS; SYMMETRY; WEYL UNIFIED THEORY
Descriptors DEC
FIELD THEORIES; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; UNIFIED-FIELD THEORIES