Quantum vacuum energy in general relativity

Abstract The paper deals with the scale discrepancy between the observed vacuum energy in cosmology and the theoretical quantum vacuum energy (cosmological constant problem). Here, we demonstrate that Einstein’s equation and an analogy to particle physics leads to the first physical justification of...

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Main Author: Christian Henke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2018-02-01
Series:European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1140/epjc/s10052-018-5621-7