Dynamics of the Cosmological Constant in Two-Dimensional Universe
Author(s) -
K.-I. Izawa
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
progress of theoretical physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1347-4081
pISSN - 0033-068X
DOI - 10.1143/ptp/91.2.393
Subject(s) - physics , cosmological constant , perfect cosmological principle , de sitter universe , universe , metric expansion of space , flatness problem , constant (computer programming) , theoretical physics , boundary (topology) , classical mechanics , cosmology , mathematical physics , astrophysics , dark energy , steady state theory , mathematical analysis , computer science , programming language , mathematics
We consider a two-dimensional model of gravity with the cosmological constantas a dynamical variable. The effective cosmological constant is derived whenthe universe has no initial boundary. It turns out to be extremely small if theuniverse is sufficiently large.Comment: PHYZZX, 6 pages, KUNS 122
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