Dark Energy: back to Newton?

Details Dark Energy: back to Newton? Dark Energy: back to Newton?

2007-12-13

arxiv.org/abs/0712.2196v2

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

14 pages; with slight modifications to the version published in Astronomy & Geophysics journal of the Royal Astronomical Socie

Scientific paper

10.1111/j.1468-4004.2008.49113.x

Dark Energy is currently one of the biggest mysteries in science. In this article the origin of the concept is traced as far back as Newton and Hooke in the seventeenth century. Newton considered, along with the inverse square law, a force of attraction that varies linearly with distance. A direct link can be made between this term and Einstein's cosmological constant, Lambda, and this leads to a possible relation between Lambda and the total mass of the universe. Mach's influence on Einstein is discussed and the convoluted history of Lambda throughout the last ninety years is coherently presented.

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