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: Received: 28 July 2021 / Approved: 29 July 2021 / Online: 29 July 2021 (14:25:14 CEST)
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: Received: 6 August 2021 / Approved: 9 August 2021 / Online: 9 August 2021 (12:38:30 CEST)
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: Received: 30 March 2022 / Approved: 31 March 2022 / Online: 31 March 2022 (14:01:14 CEST)
How to cite:
Cornwall, R. Reconciling the Cosmological Constant with the Energy Density of Quantum Field Theories of the Zeropoint. Preprints2019, 2019010113. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201901.0113.v3
Cornwall, R. Reconciling the Cosmological Constant with the Energy Density of Quantum Field Theories of the Zeropoint. Preprints 2019, 2019010113. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201901.0113.v3
Cornwall, R. Reconciling the Cosmological Constant with the Energy Density of Quantum Field Theories of the Zeropoint. Preprints2019, 2019010113. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201901.0113.v3
APA Style
Cornwall, R. (2021). Reconciling the Cosmological Constant with the Energy Density of Quantum Field Theories of the Zeropoint. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201901.0113.v3
Chicago/Turabian Style
Cornwall, R. 2021 "Reconciling the Cosmological Constant with the Energy Density of Quantum Field Theories of the Zeropoint" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201901.0113.v3
Abstract
This paper results from our investigation into novel means of electromagnetic propulsion. It requires the basis of our claims to be put on a sound theoretical footing regarding the purported momentum exchange with the electromagnetic field. One of these concerns is the huge discrepancy between the energy density of the Zeropoint and its purported manifestation as the Cosmological Constant. Here we state that it is manifestly wrong to introduce the zeropoint at zero order into the stress-energy tensor, because it is something which describes zero particle count. As a fluctuation, it belongs in a higher order Taylor expansion in frequency of the stress-energy tensor. Furthermore in the 3rd order in the Einstein constant our procedure is some 9 orders of magnitude too small. We make up this difference by suggesting that vacuum energy is much higher still and that more degrees of freedom exist in physics beyond the Standard Model or that there is interaction energy between the modes.
Keywords
Zeropoint Energy; Cosmological Constant; Stress Energy Tensor; Einstein Field Equations; Standard Model; Dark Energy; Quantum Gravity
Subject
Physical Sciences, Quantum Science and Technology
Copyright:
This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Comment:
Just a thought, the size of QFT is very sensitive to gamma (from Relativistic speed) and in turn to the radiation reaction force, which is dependent on alpha. It has been said that very small changes in alpha have occurred in the past and that might explain Cosmological Inflation.
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