Why The Cosmological Constant is a Boundary Condition

Abstract

We review arguments that the cosmological constant (c.c.) should not be thought of as a local contribution to the energy density, but rather as an infrared boundary condition specifying particular models of quantum gravity.

12 pages, 2 figures, added references and expanded discussion of large radius CFTs

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