Possibilities of a QED-Based Vacuum Energy
High Energy Physics - Theory
2011-04-11 v1
Abstract
A QED-based bootstrap mechanism, appearing at sufficiently small space-time scales, is suggested as an explanation for the "dark" vacuum energy that may be able to accelerate the universe. Very small-scale vacuum currents are allowed to generate small-scale electromagnetic fields, which become significant near the light cone. The resulting lepton-pair production, some of which may be tachyonic, has ramifications for the convergence of all QED perturbative processes, as well as providing possible mechanisms for "dark" matter, galactic gamma-ray bursts, and ultra-high-energy cosmic rays.
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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0310095,
title = {Possibilities of a QED-Based Vacuum Energy},
author = {H. M. Fried},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0310095},
year = {2011}
}
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