Cosmological constant
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cosmological-constant-183-2437279
title:
Cosmological constant
text:
In cosmology, the cosmological constant, alternatively called Einstein's cosmological constant, is a coefficient that Albert Einstein initially added to his field equations of general relativity. He later removed it; however, much later it was revived to express the energy density of space, or vacuum energy, that arises in quantum mechanics. It is closely associated with the concept of dark energy. Einstein introduced the constant in 1917 to counterbalance the effect of gravity and achieve a sta
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description:
Constant representing stress–energy density of the vacuum
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmological_constant
date created:
2002-02-13T15:45:03Z
date modified:
2024-09-06T19:28:32Z
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