https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-024-12651-7
Regular Article - Theoretical Physics
The origin of the cosmological constant in unimodular gravity
Departamento de Física Teórica and Instituto de Física Teórica, IFT-UAM/CSIC, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco, 28049, Madrid, Spain
Received:
9
February
2024
Accepted:
7
March
2024
Published online:
20
March
2024
It is well-known that in unimodular gravity (UG) the cosmological constant is not sourced by a constant energy density, but rather appears as some sort of integration constant. In this work we try to flesh this out by studying in some detail a couple of examples, one from cosmology and the other from gravitational collapse.
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