Comment on: "Possible Relation between the Cosmological Constant and Standard Model Parameters"

TL;DR

This paper critiques a recent proposal linking the cosmological constant to Standard Model parameters, clarifying that the derivation in the original work is flawed and does not establish such a relation.

Contribution

It provides a critical analysis showing that the previously claimed relation between the cosmological constant and Standard Model parameters is incorrect.

Findings

The derivation in the original proposal is erroneous.

The proposed relation between the cosmological constant and Standard Model parameters is invalid.

The critique clarifies the correct interpretation of the original work.

Abstract

It has recently been proposed [M. P. Hertzberg and A. Loeb, arXiv:2302.09090] that the observed value of the cosmological constant can be related to the physical parameters of the Standard Model. In the present compact note we point out that the derivation of the claimed cosmological-constant-standard-model relation presented in \cite{HL} is, unfortunately, erroneous.