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A spacetime-independent variable is introduced which characterizes a Lorentz-invariant self-sustained quantum vacuum. For a perfect (Lorentz-invariant) quantum vacuum, the self-tuning of this variable nullifies the effective energy density…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 F. R. Klinkhamer , G. E. Volovik

It is suggested that the exact value of the cosmological constant could be derived from first principles, based on entanglement of the Standard Model field vacuum with emergent holographic quantum geometry. For the observed value of the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-04-03 Craig Hogan

We discuss the cosmological constant problem using the properties of a freely-suspended two-dimensional condensed-matter film, i.e., an explicit realization of a 2D brane. The large contributions of vacuum fluctuations to the surface…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-08-24 F. R. Klinkhamer , G. E. Volovik

This paper continues the development of a discrete space-time concept that is recently used in the explanation of the cosmological constant. Instead of order estimation, a more theoretical treatment of the theory is introduced. Based on the…

General Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 H. M. Mok

It was recently suggested that the cosmological constant problem as viewed in a non-perturbative framework is intimately connected to the choice of time and a physical Hamiltonian. We develop this idea further by calculating the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-04-05 Syed Moeez Hassan

The general thermodynamic analysis of the quantum vacuum, which is based on our knowledge of the vacua in condensed-matter systems, is consistent with the Einstein earlier view on the cosmological constant. In the equilibrium Universes the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 G. E. Volovik

For almost a century, the cosmological constant has been a mysterious object, in relation to both its origin and its very small value. By using a Bose-Einstein condensate analogue model for gravitational dynamics, we address here the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2012-07-25 Stefano Finazzi , Stefano Liberati , Lorenzo Sindoni

The work shows that the associated Einstein like gravity for the Klein-Gordon field shows the spontaneous emergence of the cosmological pressure tensor density (CPTD) that in the classical limit leads to the cosmological constant (CC). Even…

General Physics · Physics 2020-07-07 Piero Chiarelli

Using Heisenberg's uncertainty principle it is shown that the gravitational stability condition for a crystalline vacuum cosmic space implies to obtain an equation formally equivalent to the relation first used by Gamow to predict the…

We examine a simple theoretical model to estimate (by fine tuning condition) the value of the cosmological constant. We assume, in analogy with holographic principle, that cosmological constant, like classical surface tension coefficient in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-01-21 V. Pankovic , S. Ciganovic , J. Ivanovic , R. Glavatovic , P. Grujic

The principles of General Relativity allow for a non-vanishing cosmological constant, which can possibly be interpreted at least partially in terms of quantum-fluctuations of matter fields. Depending on sign and magnitude it can cause…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Domenico Giulini , Norbert Straumann

We consider here the vacuum structure in QCD with both quark and gluon condensates and a variational ansatz for the ground state. The method is nonperturbative using only equal time algebra for the field operators. We then find that a…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-06-25 A. Mishra , H. Mishra , Varun Sheel , S. P. Misra , P. K. Panda

An accelerated universe should naturally have a vacuum energy density determined by its dynamical curvature. The cosmological constant is most likely a temporary description of a dynamical variable that has been drastically evolving from…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-10-28 Joan Sola

The consensus among many theoretical physicists is that the calculated contribution of the quantum vacuum to the total energy density of the universe is approximately $10^{121}$ times the observed energy density. This is thought to be one…

General Physics · Physics 2020-05-15 G. B. Mainland , Bernard Mulligan

In quantum chromodynamics (QCD), the vacuum structures are taken to be formed by nonperturbative interactions between gluons. The contributions of gluonic interactions can be parametrized by gluon condensates and especially the dimension-2…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-04-02 Su Kyeong Lee , Eun-Joo Kim , Jong Bum Choi

An expression for the photon condensate in quantum electrodynamics is presented and generalized to deduce a simple relation between the gluon condensate and the running coupling constant of quantum chromodynamics (QCD). Ambiguities in…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2016-09-01 Hua-Bin Tang , R. J. Furnstahl

We will look for an implementation of new symmetries in the space-time structure and their cosmological implications. This search will allow us to find a unified vision for electrodynamics and gravitation. We will attempt to develop a…

General Physics · Physics 2011-11-10 Claudio Nassif

We use general arguments to examine the energy scales for which a quantum coherent description of gravitating quantum energy units is necessary. The cosmological dark energy density is expected to decouple from the Friedman-Lemaitre energy…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 James V. Lindesay , H. Pierre Noyes

We suggest that the solution to the cosmological vacuum energy puzzle is linked to the infrared sector of the effective theory of gravity interacting with standard model fields, with QCD fields specifically. We work in the framework of low…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-05-12 Federico R. Urban , Ariel R. Zhitnitsky

The possibility that the vacuum energy density (VED), $\rho_{\rm vac}$, could be time dependent in the expanding Universe is intuitively more reasonable than just a rigid cosmological constant for the entire cosmic history. The dynamics of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-04-29 Joan Solà Peracaula