The Cosmological Constant and the String Landscape

By J. Polchinski. 2006

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Theories of the cosmological constant fall into two classes, those in which the vacuum energy is fixed by the fundamental theory and those in which it is adjustable in some way. For each class we discuss key challenges. The string theory landscape is an example of an adjustment mechanism. We discuss the status of this idea, and future directions.

Subfields: Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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