2009/12/16 by C. Sivaram, Sivaram, C., Kenath Arun +1 · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO) #FOS: Physical sciences #Relativity and Gravitational Theory #Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life #astro-ph.CO
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.0912.3049
7 pages, 35 equations
arxiv created 2009/12/16 · openalex publication_date 2009/12/16 · arxiv updated 2010/01/14 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Mach's Principle says that a particle's inertia is due to some interaction of that particle with all the other masses in the universe. Here we explore the possibility of the gravitational interaction energy of the background quantum vacuum energy playing the role of a global Higg's field (described by a varying cosmological constant) entirely contributing to the local inertial masses of particles in the spirit of Mach's principle.