The cosmological constant problem and re-interpretation of time

DOI10.1016/J.NUCLPHYSB.2014.04.024zbMATH Open1323.81009arXiv1312.2759OpenAlexW2076808404MaRDI QIDQ748627FDOQ748627

Authors: Ming-Jian Luo 

Publication date: 29 October 2015

Published in: Nuclear Physics B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We abandon the interpretation that time is a global parameter in quantum mechanics, replace it by a quantum dynamical variable playing the role of time. This operational re-interpretation of time provides a solution to the cosmological constant problem. The expectation value of the zero-point energy under the new time variable vanishes. The fluctuation of the vacuum energy as the leading contribution to the gravitational effect gives a correct order to the observed "dark energy". The "dark energy" as a mirage is always seen comparable with the matter energy density by an observer using the internal clock time. Conceptual consequences of the re-interpretation of time are also discussed.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1312.2759

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zbMATH Keywords

time observable

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Physics (00A79) General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) Axiomatic quantum field theory; operator algebras (81T05) Relativistic cosmology (83F05)

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