Λ and the Limits of Effective Field Theory.
The cosmological constant problem stems from treating quantum field theory and general relativity as an effective field theory (EFT). We argue that the problem is a reduction ad absurdum and that one should reject the assumption that general relativity can generically be treated as an EFT. This mark...
| Publicado en: | Philosophy of Science Vol. 90; no. 2; pp. 454 - 475 |
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Apr2023
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