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Vacuum theory: a possible solution to the singularity problem of cosmology


All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Experimental Physics — Federal Nuclear Centre, prosp. Mira 37, Sarov, Nizhny Novgorod region, 607190, Russian Federation

The present state of the question of the vacuum energy, cosmological constant, and vacuum polarization in a curved non-Euclidean space-time, i.e., in a gravitational field, is discussed. A cosmological model of the early Universe that is a self-consistent solution of the Einstein equations with vacuum polarization on the righthand side has many attractive features.

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Fulltext is also available at DOI: 10.1070/PU1981v024n03ABEH004772
PACS: 95.30.Sf, 98.80.Bp (all)
DOI: 10.1070/PU1981v024n03ABEH004772
URL: https://ufn.ru/en/articles/1981/3/c/
Citation: Zel’dovich Ya B "Vacuum theory: a possible solution to the singularity problem of cosmology" Sov. Phys. Usp. 24 216–230 (1981)
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Оригинал: Зельдович Я Б «Теория вакуума, быть может, решает загадку космологии» УФН 133 479–503 (1981); DOI: 10.3367/UFNr.0133.198103c.0479

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