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- Title
Vacuum Energy, the Casimir Effect, and Newton's Non-Constant.
- Authors
Koch, Benjamin; Käding, Christian; Pitschmann, Mario; Sedmik, René I. P.
- Abstract
The idea of quantum mechanical vacuum energy contributing to the cosmological vacuum energy density is not new. However, despite the persisting cosmological constant problem, few investigations have focused on this subject. We explore the possibility that the quantum vacuum energy density contributes to the (local) gravitational energy density in the framework of a scale-dependent cosmological constant Λ and Newton's constant G. This hypothesis has several important consequences, ranging from quantum scale-dependence to the hypothetical prospect of novel experimental insight concerning the quantum origin of cosmological energy density.
- Subjects
VACUUM energy (Astronomy); CASIMIR effect; GRAVITATIONAL energy; COSMOLOGICAL constant; ENERGY density
- Publication
Universe (2218-1997), 2023, Vol 9, Issue 11, p476
- ISSN
2218-1997
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/universe9110476