2001/06/16 by B. G. Sidharth, Sidharth, B. G.
Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Mathematical Theories and Applications #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #FOS: Physical sciences #General Physics (physics.gen-ph) #Relativity and Gravitational Theory
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.physics/0106051
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Recently some hidden inconsistencies in high energy physics and cosmology have been articulated by several scholars. If we follow the usual description we get an unacceptably high cosmological constant as was noticed by Weinberg and others some decades ago. In this paper we point out that this is because of our continued description in terms of the Planck scale. While this works for gravitation, we have to consider a phase transition from the earlier Quantum Foam to the Compton scale that describes electromagnetism, and resolves the various problems. A consequence would be that in a total vacuum there would be no gravitation.