cosmological constant

constant representing stress-energy density of the vacuum in Einstein's equation, which accounts for the rate of expansion of the universe
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cosmological constant

Summary

cosmological constant is a physical constant[1]. It draws 766 Wikipedia views per month (physical_constant category, ranking #9 of 43).[2]

Key Facts

  • cosmological constant is credited with the discovery of Albert Einstein[3].
  • cosmological constant's image is recorded as Hubble constant.JPG[4].
  • cosmological constant's instance of is recorded as physical constant[5].
  • cosmological constant's GND ID is recorded as 4571605-5[6].
  • cosmological constant's part of is recorded as cosmological model[7].
  • cosmological constant's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/09qm6[8].
  • cosmological constant's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph202526[9].
  • cosmological constant's numeric value is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11547252', 'amount': '+0.00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000011056'}[10].
  • cosmological constant's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/cosmological-constant[11].
  • cosmological constant's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://physics.stackexchange.com/tags/cosmological-constant[12].
  • cosmological constant's BBC Things ID is recorded as 7b4e995e-a73b-4c96-8521-8c118de308c2[13].
  • cosmological constant's wurvoc.org measure ID is recorded as Cosmological_constant[14].
  • cosmological constant's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as cosmological-constant[15].
  • cosmological constant's ISQ dimension is recorded as \mathsf{L}^{-2}[16].
  • cosmological constant's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as kosmologisk_konstant[17].
  • cosmological constant's Unified Astronomy Thesaurus ID is recorded as 334[18].
  • cosmological constant's Elhuyar ZTH ID is recorded as 136519[19].
  • cosmological constant's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["PhysicalConstant", "CosmologicalConstant"][20].
  • cosmological constant's World of Physics ID is recorded as CosmologicalConstant[21].
  • cosmological constant's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 166861157[22].
  • cosmological constant's Wolfram Language unit code is recorded as "CosmologicalConstant"[23].
  • cosmological constant's Online PWN Encyclopedia ID is recorded as 3926159[24].
  • cosmological constant's quantity symbol is recorded as \Lambda[25].
  • cosmological constant's Lex ID is recorded as den_kosmologiske_konstant[26].
  • cosmological constant's WordNet 3.1 Synset ID is recorded as 13610749-n[27].

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Works and Contributions

cosmological constant is credited with the discovery of Albert Einstein[3].

Why It Matters

cosmological constant draws 766 Wikipedia views per month (physical_constant category, ranking #9 of 43).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] . BBC Things. wikidata.org.
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  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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