Axiomatic approach to the cosmological constant
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Axiomatic approach to the cosmological constant
A theory of the cosmological constant Λ is currently out of reach. Still, one can start from a set of axioms that describe the most desirable properties a cosmological constant should have. This can be seen in certain analogy to the Khinchin axioms in information theory, which fix the most desirable properties an information measure should have and that ultimately lead to the Shannon entropy as...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0378-4371
DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2009.05.023