VINDICATING THE BLUNDER: The Mechanical Resolution of the Cosmological Constant
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: "What can I say if they can kick Pluto out of the solar system than they can think about the emptiness of space." J.Stephenson A special dedication This work is dedicated to Albert Einstein, whose introduction (and later rejection) of the cosmological constant sparked so much of modern cosmology. He added it to force a static universe, called it his “greatest blunder” after expansion was discovered, yet today it’s revived to explain acceleration (dark energy). In a small way, I hope the Unitary Loop offers a mechanical extension of those ideas — treating the vacuum not as empty space with a fudge factor, but as an active, viscous fluid whose drag naturally produces the scales we observe, without extra particles or fields.
Author: Stephenson, James
Language: English
Subfield: Astronomy and Astrophysics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7130930502
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