Thoughts on the vacuum energy in the quantum N-portrait

DOI10.1142/S0217732315501977MaRDI QIDQ2805081zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Florian Kühnel

Publication date 10 May 2016

Published in Modern Physics Letters A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1408.5897

zbMATH Keywords

critical pointquantum phase transitiongravitationBose-Einstein condensatequantumvacuum energycondensategravitonsUniversecosmic expansion

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum field theory on curved space or space-time backgrounds (81T20) Phase transitions (general) in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B26) Critical phenomena in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B27) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Methods of quantum field theory in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C47) Relativistic cosmology (83F05) Astrophysical cosmology (85A40)

Abstract: An application of the quantum N-portrait to the Universe is discussed, wherein the space-time geometry is understood as a Bose-Einstein condensate of N soft gravitons. If near or at the critical point of a quantum phase transition, indications are found that the vacuum energy is partly suppressed by 1/N, as being due to quanta not in the condensate state. Time evolution decreases this suppression, which might have implications for cosmic expansion.

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