Concept information
Preferred term
Cosmological constant
Definition
- A term introduced by Einstein into his gravitational field equations in order to allow a solution corresponding to a static Universe. The cosmological constant is physically interpreted as due to the vacuum energy of quantized fields. (en)
Broader concept
- Dark energy (en)
- Observational cosmology (en)
Narrower concepts
Entry terms
- Lambda (en)
Editorial note
URI
http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/334
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