Electromagnetic dark energy

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dc.creatorBeck, Christian
dc.creatorMackey, Michael C.
dc.date2007-03-14
dc.date2007-08-27
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T11:21:20Z
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dc.descriptionWe introduce a new model for dark energy in the universe in which a small cosmological constant is generated by ordinary electromagnetic vacuum energy. The corresponding virtual photons exist at all frequencies but switch from a gravitationally active phase at low frequencies to a gravitationally inactive phase at higher frequencies via a Ginzburg-Landau type of phase transition. Only virtual photons in the gravitationally active state contribute to the cosmological constant. A small vacuum energy density, consistent with astronomical observations, is naturally generated in this model. We propose possible laboratory tests for such a scenario based on phase synchronisation in superconductors.
dc.description5 pages, 1 figure. Replaced by final version, to appear in Int. J. Mod. Phys. D
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0703364
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0703364
dc.identifierInt.J.Mod.Phys.D17:71-80,2008
dc.identifierdoi:10.1142/S0218271808011870
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/194233
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.subjectSuperconductivity
dc.titleElectromagnetic dark energy
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