This is a review of the physics and cosmology of the cosmological constant. Focusing on recent developments, I present a pedagogical overview of cosmology in the presence of a cosmological constant, observational constraints on its magnitude, and the physics of a small (and potentially nonzero) vacuum energy.
Keywords: vacuum energy, cosmological constant, cosmology
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"The Cosmological Constant",
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Title | The Cosmological Constant |
Author | Sean M. Carroll |
Date | accepted 29 January 2001, published 7 February 2001 |