Vacuum energy and relativistic invariance
| dc.creator | Akhmedov, E. Kh. | |
| dc.date | 2002-04-04 | |
| dc.date | 2002-06-04 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T04:13:21Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T04:13:21Z | |
| dc.description | It is argued that the zero-point energies of free quantum fields diverge at most quadratically and not quartically, as is generally believed. This is a consequence of the relativistic invariance which requires that the energy density of the vacuum $ρ$ and its pressure $p$ satisfy $ρ=-p$. The usually obtained quartic divergence is an artifact of the use of a noninvariant regularization which violates this relation. One consequence of our results is that the zero-point energies of free massless fields vanish. Implications for the cosmological constant problem are briefly discussed. | |
| dc.description | LaTeX, 4 pages. Substantial changes to the text; results and conclusions unchanged | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0204048 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0204048 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/51230 | |
| dc.subject | High Energy Physics - Theory | |
| dc.subject | Astrophysics | |
| dc.subject | General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology | |
| dc.subject | High Energy Physics - Phenomenology | |
| dc.title | Vacuum energy and relativistic invariance | |
| dc.type | text |