The quantum vacuum and the cosmological constant problem

DOI10.1016/S1355-2198(02)00033-3zbMath1222.81023arXivhep-th/0012253OpenAlexW2079679798WikidataQ55872063 ScholiaQ55872063MaRDI QIDQ720496

Svend Erik Rugh, Henrik Zinkernagel

Publication date: 15 October 2011

Published in: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Part B. Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0012253

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) History of quantum theory (81-03) General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) History of relativity and gravitational theory (83-03)

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