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It was recently suggested (arxiv:2410.06604) that the small value of the dark energy of the universe could be explained in terms of the scale of neutrino masses through a simple quantum field theoretic mechanism. I clarify that the quantity…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-10-17 James M. Cline

It has been recently argued \cite{Barvinsky:2017lfl} that the de Sitter phase in cosmology might be naturally generated as a result of dynamics of the topologically nontrivial sectors in a strongly coupled QCD-like gauge theory in expanding…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2019-05-22 Ariel R. Zhitnitsky

We outline a dynamical dark energy scenario whose signatures may be simultaneously tested by astronomical observations and laboratory experiments. The dark energy is a field with slightly sub-gravitational couplings to matter, a logarithmic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-23 Nemanja Kaloper

Diverse cosmological and astrophysical observations strongly hint at the presence of dark matter and dark energy in the Universe. One of the main goals of Cosmology is to explain the nature of these two components. It may well be that both…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-07-10 Carsten van de Bruck , Gaspard Poulot , Elsa M. Teixeira

Dark matter in the universe seems to be one of the most important puzzles science has to face in this moment. In this essay we point out that dark matter could be a spin-0 fundamental interaction of Nature rather than a simple particle.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-12-09 T. Matos , L. A. Urena-Lopez

To explain the currently observed accelerated expansion of the universe, a large number of different theoretical models are presently being discussed. In one way or another, all of these contain `new physics', though at different levels.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Christian Beck

The origin of the accelerated expansion of the universe is still unclear and new physics is needed on cosmological scales. We propose and test a novel interpretation of dark energy as originated by an elastic strain due to a cosmic defect…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 N. Radicella , M. Sereno , A. Tartaglia

Physics invites the idea that space contains energy whose gravitational effect approximates that of Einstein's cosmological constant, Lambda; nowadays the concept is termed dark energy or quintessence. Physics also suggests the dark energy…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 P. J. E. Peebles , Bharat Ratra

Mach's Principle says that a particle's inertia is due to some interaction of that particle with all the other masses in the universe. Here we explore the possibility of the gravitational interaction energy of the background quantum vacuum…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2009-12-17 C. Sivaram , Kenath Arun

In trying to explain the present accelerated expansion of the universe in the light of a five-dimensional Brans-Dicke theory, it is found that the fifth dimension itself here acts as a source of dark energy. It may be taken as a…

General Physics · Physics 2019-01-30 Koijam Manihar Singh , Kangujam Priyokumar Singh

The nature of Dark Energy is still very much a mystery, and the combination of a variety of experimental tests, sensitive to different potential Dark Energy properties, will help elucidate its origins. This white paper briefly surveys the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Rachel Bean , Sean Carroll , Mark Trodden

A variety of observations indicate that the universe is dominated by dark energy with negative pressure, one possibility for which is a cosmological constant. If the dark energy is a cosmological constant, a fundamental question is: Why has…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Maqbool Ahmed , Scott Dodelson , Patrick B. Greene , Rafael Sorkin

Recent observations confirm that our universe is flat and consists of a dark energy component with negative pressure. This dark energy is responsible for the recent cosmic acceleration as well as determines the feature of future evolution…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Mian Wang

Observations provide increasingly strong evidence that the universe is accelerating. This revolutionary advance in cosmological observations confronts theoretical cosmology with a tremendous challenge, which it has so far failed to meet.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Ruth Durrer , Roy Maartens

We propose that cosmological magnetic fields generated in regions of finite spatial dimensions may manifest themselves in the global dynamics of the Universe as `dark energy'. We test our model in the context of spatially flat cosmological…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-19 Ioannis Contopoulos , Spyros Basilakos

Observational evidence of dark energy that makes the Universe nearly flat at the present epoch is very strong. We study the link between spatial continuity and dark energy. We assume that comoving space is a compact 3-manifold of constant…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2009-12-02 Boudewijn F. Roukema , Vincent Blanloeil

Cosmological dark energy is a natural source of variation of the fine structure constant. Using a model-independent approach we show that once general assumptions about the alpha-varying interactions are made, astronomical probes of its…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 David Parkinson , Bruce A. Bassett , John D. Barrow

Gravitoectromagnetic Inflation (GI) was introduced to describe in an unified manner, electromagnetic, gravitatory and inflaton fields from a 5D vacuum state. On the other hand, the primordial origin and evolution of dark energy is today…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-11-18 Federico Agustin Membiela , Mauricio Bellini

To explain the acceleration of the cosmological expansion researchers have considered an unusual form of mass-energy generically called dark energy. Dark energy has a ratio of pressure over mass density which obeys $w=p/\rho <-1/3$. This…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-12-19 Max Chaves , Douglas Singleton

It is shown that so-called dark energy could possible be a manifestation of the gravitational vortex producing the "gravitomagnetic" (GM) force field: associated with cosmic matter rotation and inertial spacetime frame dragging. The general…

General Physics · Physics 2018-01-24 Reva Kay Williams