Evidence for a Cosmological Phase Transition From the Dark Energy Scale

dc.creatorLindesay, James
dc.date2006-04-16
dc.date2006-04-21
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T07:04:40Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T07:04:40Z
dc.descriptionA finite vacuum energy density implies the existence of a UV scale for gravitational modes. This gives a phenomenological scale to the dynamical equations governing the cosmological expansion that must satisfy constraints consistent with quantum measurability and spatial flatness. Examination of these constraints for the observed dark energy density establishes a time interval from the transition to the present, suggesting major modifications from the thermal equations of state far from Planck density scales. The assumption that a phase transition initiates the radiation dominated epoch is shown under several scenarios to produce fluctuations to the CMB of the order observed. Quantum measurability constraints (eg. uncertainly relations) define cosmological scales bounded by luminal expansion rates. It is shown that the dark energy can consistently be interpreted as being due to the vacuum energy of collective gravitational modes which manifest as the zero-point motions of coherent Planck scale mass units prior to the UV scale onset of gravitational quantum de-coherence for the cosmology.
dc.description42 pages, 9 figures, v2 has additional citations
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0604342
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0604342
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/109400
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleEvidence for a Cosmological Phase Transition From the Dark Energy Scale
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