The cosmological constant is probably zero, and a proof is possibly right
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DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETB.2007.12.019zbMATH Open1246.83275arXiv0709.3314OpenAlexW2006100054MaRDI QIDQ446964FDOQ446964
Authors: Zhong Chao Wu 
Publication date: 8 September 2012
Published in: Physics Letters B (Search for Journal in Brave)
Abstract: Hawking proposed that the cosmological constant is probably zero in quantum cosmology. Duff claimed that Hawking's proof is invalidated. Using the right configuration for the wave function of the universe, we provide a complete proof.
Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0709.3314
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