Alexander Vilenkin
Published 2004-07-28Version 1
Anthropic models can give testable predictions, which can be confirmed or falsified at a specified confidence level. This is illustrated using the successful prediction of the cosmological constant as an example. The history and the nature of the prediction are reviewed. Inclusion of other variable parameters and implications for particle physics are briefly discussed.
Comments: 14 pages, 1 fugure. Contribution to "Universe or Multiverse", ed. by B.J. Carr, to be published by Cambridge University Press
Journal: in "Universe or Multiverse?", ed. by B.J. Carr (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2007)
Stellar Seismology, Stellar Ages and the Cosmological Constant
Type Ia Supernovae, the Hubble Constant, the Cosmological Constant, and the Age of the Universe
Is There A Cosmological Constant?
