The Gravitational-Electromagnetic Analogy: A Possible Solution to the Vacuum-Energy and Dark-Energy Problems

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dc.creatorCook, Richard J.
dc.date2008-10-24
dc.date2009-01-29
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T12:35:04Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T12:35:04Z
dc.descriptionThere is a set of first-order differential equations for the curvature tensor in general relativity (the curvature equations or CEs for short) that are strikingly similar to the Maxwell equations of electrodynamics. This paper considers whether Mother Nature may have used the same basic pattern for her laws of gravitation and electrodynamics, in which case the CEs might be viewed as the field equations of gravitation in place of Einstein's equation. This is not a new theory of gravitation (because the curvature equations are derivable from Einstein's equation), but rather is a mild reinterpretation of general relativity that solves the vacuum-energy problem and the dark-energy problem of cosmology. The results of this paper allow one to understand how the effective energy density of the observed cosmological constant can be so vastly smaller than estimates of the vacuum energy of quantum fields and why the vacuum energy of quantum fields does not contribute as a source of curvature.
dc.descriptionIn this second version, a small change in the argument eliminates a number of questionable results and predictions. The resulting argument is consistent with all observational results
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0810.4495
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0810.4495
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/217655
dc.subjectGeneral Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
dc.subjectCosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
dc.titleThe Gravitational-Electromagnetic Analogy: A Possible Solution to the Vacuum-Energy and Dark-Energy Problems
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