Earth's gravity and the cosmological constant: a worked example

• Published in: European journal of physics Vol. 37; no. 2; pp. 25602 - 25614
• Main Author: Pereira, J A M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: IOP Publishing 01.03.2016
• Subjects: Accessibility; Communities; Cosmological constant; Dark energy; Earth gravitation; gravitation; Kinetic energy; mechanics; Students; Universe

The cosmological constant regained the attention of the scientific community following the recent discovery of the accelerated expansion of the Universe. Consequently, interest in the subject increased amongst the public such that it now often appears in the classroom and popular science publication...