The cosmological constant is probably zero, and a proof is possibly right

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETB.2007.12.019MaRDI QIDQ446964zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Zhong Chao Wu

Publication date 8 September 2012

Published in Physics Letters B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0709.3314

zbMATH Keywords

cosmological constantquantum cosmologyEuclidean quantum gravity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) Relativistic cosmology (83F05)

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.

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