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General
Relativity allows a repulsive term
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Einstein
proposed it to allow “steady state” universe
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He
decided it wasn’t needed after Hubble Law discovered
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Is the acceleration right?
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Could it be observational effect – dust dims
distant supernova?
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Could it be evolution effect – supernova were
fainter in the past?
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So far the results seem to stand up
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Still being determined:
1) density, 2) cosmological
constant
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With cosmological constant included, can have a “flat universe”
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with acceleration.
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Given “repulsion” need to use relativistic “geometrical”
definition of
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flatness, not the escape argument one given earlier.
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Energy (and equivalent mass) from cosmological
constant may provide
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density needed to produce flat universe.
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