Cosmological constant and vacuum energy

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dc.creatorVolovik, G. E.
dc.date2004-05-03
dc.date2004-10-21
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T06:36:37Z
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dc.descriptionThe 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 value of the cosmological constant is regulated by matter. In the empty Universe, the vacuum energy is exactly zero, lambda=0. The huge contribution of the zero point motion of the quantum fields to the vacuum energy is exactly cancelled by the higher-energy degrees of freedom of the quantum vacuum. In the equilibrium Universes homogeneously filled by matter, the vacuum is disturbed, and density of the vacuum energy becomes proportional to the energy density of matter. This consideration applies to any equilibrium vacuum irrespective of whether the vacuum is false or true, and is valid both in the Einstein general theory of relativity and within the special theory of relativity, i.e. in the world without gravity.
dc.description23 pages, accepted for special topic issue of Annalen der Physik related to Einstein's contributions to physics, references and figure added
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0405012
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0405012
dc.identifierAnnalen Phys. 14 (2005) 165-176
dc.identifierdoi:10.1002/andp.200410123
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/100139
dc.subjectGeneral Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
dc.subjectStatistical Mechanics
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Phenomenology
dc.subjectQuantum Physics
dc.titleCosmological constant and vacuum energy
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