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de Sitter space: a standalone construct

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Cosmology

vacuum solution of Einstein's equations with a positive cosmological constant, describing exponentially expanding spacetime.

In cosmology, de Sitter space refers to vacuum solution of Einstein's equations with a positive cosmological constant, describing exponentially expanding spacetime. This meaning comes from de Sitter (1917) in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.[1]

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References

  1. de Sitter, W. (1917). On Einstein's Theory of Gravitation and its Astronomical Consequences. Third Paper. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 78(1), 3-28. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/78.1.3

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