A Casimir approach to dark energy

2006/06/26 by Allan Rosencwaig, Rosencwaig, Allan
Physics and Astronomy · #Quantum Electrodynamics and Casimir Effect #Quantum Mechanics and Applications #hep-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.hep-th/0606250

7 pages

arxiv created 2006/06/26 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01

Abstract

We calculate the gravitational self-energy of vacuum quantum field fluctuations using a Casimir approach. We find that the Casimir gravitational self-energy density can account for the measured dark energy density when the SUSY-breaking energy is approximately 5 TeV, in good agreement with current estimates. Furthermore, the Casimir gravitational self-energy appears to provide a quantum mechanism for the well-know geometric relation between the Planck, SUSY and cosmological constant energy scales.

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