A prioriprobability distribution of the cosmological constant
- 21 April 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review D
- Vol. 61 (10) , 103505
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.61.103505
Abstract
In calculations of the probability distribution for the cosmological constant, it has been previously assumed that the a priori probability distribution is essentially constant in the very narrow range that is anthropically allowed. This assumption has recently been challenged. Here we identify large classes of theories in which this assumption is justified.Keywords
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