Remarks on the Cosmological Constant

Abstract

The acceleration of the surface of last scatter (SLS) must somehow reflect the energy content within it. A test particle at the SLS is assumed to experience a linear combination of two forces: one Newtonian, the other pseudo-Newtonian describable by a cosmological constant ${\Lambda}$ in general relativity. In the ${\Lambda}$ description, which is surely too unimaginative, the size of ${\Lambda}$ reflects only the comparable magnitudes of the Newtonian and pseudo-Newtonian forces; any claim of fine tuning due to quantum mechanics is probably illusory.