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The Minkowski quantum vacuum does not gravitate

High Energy Physics - Theory 2019-07-19 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

We show that a non-zero renormalised value of the zero-point energy in λϕ4\lambda\phi^4-theory over Minkowski spacetime is in tension with the scalar-field equation at two-loop order in perturbation theory.

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@article{arxiv.1907.07938,
  title  = {The Minkowski quantum vacuum does not gravitate},
  author = {Viacheslav A. Emelyanov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1907.07938},
  year   = {2019}
}
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