# Vacuum energy and the cosmological constant

@article{Bass2015VacuumEA,
title={Vacuum energy and the cosmological constant},
author={Steven D. Bass},
journal={arXiv: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology},
year={2015}
}
• S. Bass
• Published 18 March 2015
• Physics
• arXiv: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
The accelerating expansion of the Universe points to a small positive value for the cosmological constant or vacuum energy density. We discuss recent ideas that the cosmological constant plus LHC results might hint at critical phenomena near the Planck scale.
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