Resolving the Vacuum Catastrophe: A Generalized Holographic Approach
Author(s) -
Nassim Haramein,
Amira Val Baker
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of high energy physics gravitation and cosmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2380-4335
pISSN - 2380-4327
DOI - 10.4236/jhepgc.2019.52023
Subject(s) - vacuum energy , physics , false vacuum , cosmological constant , universe , catastrophe theory , theoretical physics , cosmological constant problem , holography , metric expansion of space , holographic principle , energy density , classical mechanics , dark energy , quantum mechanics , cosmology , geotechnical engineering , engineering
We address the ~122 orders of magnitude discrepancy between the vacuum energy density at the cosmological scale and the vacuum density predicted by quantum field theory. This disagreement is known as the cosmological constant problem or the “vacuum catastrophe”. Utilizing a generalized holographic model, we consider the total mass-energy density in the geometry of a spherical shell universe (as a first order approximation) and find an exact solution for the currently observed critical density of the universe. We discuss the validity of such an approach and consider its implications to cosmogenesis and universal evolution.
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