Dilution of zero-point energies in the cosmological expansion

DOI10.1142/S0217732310033670zbMATH Open1194.83109arXiv1005.3657MaRDI QIDQ3590679FDOQ3590679

Authors: Vincenzo Branchina, D. Zappalà 

Publication date: 13 September 2010

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

Abstract: The vacuum fluctuations of all quantum fields filling the universe are supposed to leave enormous energy and pressure contributions which are incompatible with observations. It has been recently suggested that, when the effective nature of quantum field theories is properly taken into account, vacuum fluctuations behave as a relativistic gas rather than as a cosmological constant. Accordingly, zero-point energies are tremendously diluted by the universe expansion but provide an extra contribution to radiation energy. Ongoing and future cosmological observations could offer the opportunity to scrutinize this scenario. The presence of such additional contribution to radiation energy can be tested by using primordial nucleosynthesis bounds or measured on Cosmic Background Radiation anisotropy.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1005.3657

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zbMATH Keywords

cosmological constantvacuum energyeffective field theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Methods of quantum field theory in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C47) Relativistic cosmology (83F05)

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