Why is the Universe Accelerating?
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🌌 astro-ph
gr-qchep-phhep-th
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acceleratingenergyissuessmallsomeuniversevacuumappears
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The universe appears to be accelerating, but the reason why is a complete mystery. The simplest explanation, a small vacuum energy (cosmological constant), raises three difficult issues: why the vacuum energy is so small, why it is not quite zero, and why it is comparable to the matter density today. I discuss these mysteries, some of their possible resolutions, and some issues confronting future observations.
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