Discussion on the Cosmological Vacuum Energy

TL;DR

This paper reviews a proposal linking the cosmological constant to a principle of entropy, suggesting that initial conditions can explain its small value without nonlocality issues.

Contribution

It offers a review and discussion of a model that explains the small cosmological constant through entropy principles and initial conditions.

Findings

Entropy principle can explain small cosmological constant

Initial conditions are crucial for the model's viability

Addresses potential nonlocality concerns in the model

Abstract

The present discussion contribution is some remarks concerning and review of the proposal by one of us (C. Balazs) to explain the cosmological constant by a/the principle of entropy. Used without further comment this principle of entropy could easily lead to untrustable {\em nonlocalities}, but taking into account that the long range correlations are rather to be understood as due to initial condition set up the model for the cosmological constant being small by one of us becomes quite viable.