Remarks on the Cosmological Constant

Abstract

The acceleration of the surface of last scatter (SLS) must somehow reflect the energy content within it. A test particle at the SLS is assumed to experience a linear combination of two forces: one Newtonian, the other pseudo-Newtonian describable by a cosmological constant $\Lambda$ in general relativity. In the $\Lambda$ description, which is surely too unimaginative, the size of $\Lambda$ reflects only the comparable magnitudes of the Newtonian and pseudo-Newtonian forces; any claim of fine tuning due to quantum mechanics is probably illusory.

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