The large-scale structure of vacuum

DOI10.1142/S021827181442019XMaRDI QIDQ5174241zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Franco D. Albareti, Antonio L. Maroto, J. A. R. Cembranos

Publication date 17 February 2015

Published in International Journal of Modern Physics D (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1405.3900

zbMATH Keywords

cosmologydark matterquantum field theoryvacuum energy

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Semiclassical techniques, including WKB and Maslov methods applied to problems in quantum theory (81Q20) Quantum field theory on curved space or space-time backgrounds (81T20) Observational and experimental questions in relativity and gravitational theory (83B05) Relativistic cosmology (83F05)

Abstract: The vacuum state in quantum field theory is known to exhibit an important number of fundamental physical features. In this work we explore the possibility that this state could also present a non-trivial space-time structure on large scales. In particular, we will show that by imposing the renormalized vacuum energy-momentum tensor to be conserved and compatible with cosmological observations, the vacuum energy of sufficiently heavy fields behaves at late times as non-relativistic matter rather than as a cosmological constant. In this limit, the vacuum state supports perturbations whose speed of sound is negligible and accordingly allows the growth of structures in the vacuum energy itself. This large-scale structure of vacuum could seed the formation of galaxies and clusters very much in the same way as cold dark matter does.

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