Inflation and the False Vacuum
Inflation is the idea that the very early universe may have been dominated by vacuum energy, giving rise to a brief period of vastly accelerated expansion. Its roots go back to the late 1960s and the quest for singularity avoidance in the wake of the disc
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Helge S. Kragh James M. Overduin
The Weight of the Vacuum A Scientific History of Dark Energy 123
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Helge S. Kragh James M. Overduin •
The Weight of the Vacuum A Scientific History of Dark Energy
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Helge S. Kragh Centre for Science Studies Aarhus University Aarhus Denmark
James M. Overduin Department of Physics, Astronomy and Geosciences Towson University Towson, MD USA
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Preface
Dark energy is a catch-all term for the energy of empty space. It is ‘‘dark,’’ not just in the sense that it does not interact with electromagneti
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