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The Vacuum Catastrophe

PBS Space Time · Season 2017 · Episode 39
If vacuum energy really does have the enormous value predicted by quantum field theory then our gently expanding, geometrically flat universe shouldn’t exist. This is the vacuum catastrophe.

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Season
2017
Episode
39
Air Date
03/Nov/2017
Air Time
12:00
Runtime
12 min

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If vacuum energy really does have the enormous value predicted by quantum field theory then our gently expanding, geometrically flat universe shouldn’t exist. This is the vacuum catastrophe.

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