2012/03/28 by Syksy Rasanen, Syksy Räsänen, Rasanen, Syksy
Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Differential Geometry Research #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO) #FOS: Physical sciences #General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc) #High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th) #astro-ph.CO #gr-qc #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1203.6259
6 pages, written for the Gravity Research Foundation essay competition
arxiv created 2012/03/28 · openalex publication_date 2012/03/28 · arxiv updated 2012/03/29 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
We argue that calculating vacuum energy requires quantum field theory whose axioms are adapted to curved spacetime. In this context, we suggest that non-zero vacuum energy is connected to dynamical breaking of electroweak symmetry. The observed meV scale can be understood in terms of electroweak physics via a naive estimate. The scenario requires all particle masses to have a dynamical origin. Any Higgs particle has to be a composite, and the origin of vacuum energy might be probed at the LHC.