Dark energy and quantum vacuum fluctuations
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2009-02-26 v1
Abstract
It is suggested that the vacuum expectation of the quantum vacuum energy-momentum is zero, but quantum fluctuations give rise to a space-time curvature equivalent to that of a cosmological constant or dark energy. Calculations within quantized gravity, following a few plausible hypotheses, provide results compatible with cosmological observations.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0902.4346,
title = {Dark energy and quantum vacuum fluctuations},
author = {Emilio Santos},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0902.4346},
year = {2009}
}
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