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Is "Dark Energy" a Quantum Vacuum Energy?

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2022-09-07 v2 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics

Abstract

We review the origins, motivations, and implications for cosmology and black holes, of our proposal that "dark energy" is not a quantum vacuum energy, but rather arises from a Weyl scaling invariant nonderivative component of the gravitational action.

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@article{arxiv.2111.12576,
  title  = {Is "Dark Energy" a Quantum Vacuum Energy?},
  author = {Stephen L. Adler},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2111.12576},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

26 pages; invited mini-review for Modern Physics Letters A, to be submitted 12/15. In v2, references added in footnote on p3. Comments welcome

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