A toy model of quantum gravity with a quantized cosmological constant
Abstract
The path integral for the hydrogen atom, for example, is formulated as a one-dimensional quantum gravity coupled to matter fields representing the electron coordinates. The (renormalized) cosmological constant, which corresponds to the energy eigenvalue, is thus quantized in this model. Possible implications of the quantized cosmological constant are briefly discussed.
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