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Meanings of cosmological constant in English

Russian
космологический член
Portuguese
constante cosmológica
Spanish
constante cosmológica
Catalan
constant cosmològica
Wikidata

Constant representing stress-energy density of the vacuum in Einstein's equation.

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космологический член
Synonyms
Examples for "λ"
Examples for "λ"
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Conclusion: The light chain type λ in MM patients correlates with renal damage.
Pubmed
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This decay provides a sensitive probe of the R-parity-violating parameter λ112''.
Pubmed
3
So, there will be constructive interference if: Where λ is the wavelength of the light.
Wired
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We verified that LPS is required for the efficient infection of phage λ as well.
Pubmed
5
When λ is less than 1, the population gets smaller and smaller and goes extinct.
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Usage of cosmological constant in English
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By adjusting the cosmological constant, Einstein could adjust the strength of this tendency.
A briefer history of time
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But this cosmological constant has always seemed very arbitrary and a retrospective fix.
The Guardian
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Dynamic field One is the so-called cosmological constant, originally put forward by Albert Einstein.
BBC
4
They can have either positive, zero, or negative cosmological constant.
Wired
5
He later disavowed the cosmological constant, calling this fudge factor his "greatest mistake."
A briefer history of time
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One proposal for the source of this push involves reintroducing the cosmological constant into Einstein's Field Equations.
The Guardian
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Just a large, ten or 11 dimensions with a cosmological constant doesn't seem like a fundamental starting point.
Wired
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We are in a relatively flat piece of the universe, which explains why the cosmological constant is so small.
The Guardian
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To make his equations work he arbitrarily had to stick in an extra term called the cosmological constant to ensure the universe stood still.
The Guardian
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Combining the results shows that the dark energy appears to be " cosmological constant" which suggests it is a constant energy field stretching throughout space.
The Guardian