The quantum vacuum and the cosmological constant problem

DOI10.1016/S1355-2198(02)00033-3zbMATH Open1222.81023arXivhep-th/0012253OpenAlexW2079679798WikidataQ55872063 ScholiaQ55872063MaRDI QIDQ720496FDOQ720496

Svend Erik Rugh, Henrik Zinkernagel

Publication date: 15 October 2011

Published in: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Part B. Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The cosmological constant problem arises at the intersection between general relativity and quantum field theory, and is regarded as a fundamental problem in modern physics. In this paper we describe the historical and conceptual origin of the cosmological constant problem which is intimately connected to the vacuum concept in quantum field theory. We critically discuss how the problem rests on the notion of physical real vacuum energy, and which relations between general relativity and quantum field theory are assumed in order to make the problem well-defined.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0012253

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) History of quantum theory (81-03) History of relativity and gravitational theory (83-03)

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