'Cyclic universe' can explain cosmological constant

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ljk — 5/5/2006 4:47:13 PM (archived)

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'Cyclic universe' can explain cosmological constant

NewScientist.com news service May 4, 2006

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A cyclic universe, which bounces
through a series of big bangs and
"big crunches," could solve the
puzzle of our cosmological constant,
physicists suggest. At every big
bang, the amount of matter and
radiation in the universe is reset,
but the cosmological constant is
not, Paul Steinhardt at Princeton
University and Neil Turok at
Cambridge...

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A Crack in the Universe - ljk - 4/26/2006 1:54:58 PM
- If the Universe is going to bend over, it needs a belt. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 4/26/2006 5:58:08 PM
  - And hope that pervading field remains faint... (n/t) - Laurie Street - 4/26/2006 8:59:45 PM
    - This could make the Big Rip... - ljk - 4/27/2006 2:51:36 PM
      - Gravity, Geometry and the Quantum - ljk - 5/4/2006 9:15:45 PM
        
        'Cyclic universe' can explain cosmological constant - ljk - 5/5/2006 4:47:13 PM

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