Cosmological constant
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| definition | A term introduced by Einstein into his gravitational field equations in order to allow a solution corresponding to a static Universe. The cosmological constant is physically interpreted as due to the vacuum energy of quantized fields. | |||||||||||
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| contributor | AAS_Frey.Katie original | |||||||||||