https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-019-7554-1
Regular Article - Theoretical Physics
Can the quantum vacuum fluctuations really solve the cosmological constant problem?
1
Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio (IAFE), CONICET–Universidad de Buenos Aires, 1428, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2
Grupo de Astrofísica, Relatividad y Cosmología, Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Paseo del Bosque S/N, 1900, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
3
CONICET, Godoy Cruz 2290, 1425, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
4
Instituto de Investigaciones Filosóficas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito Maestro Mario de la Cueva s/n, C.U., 04510, Mexico, DF, Mexico
5
Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, A.P. 70-543, 04510, Ciudad de México, México
* e-mail: gleon@fcaglp.unlp.edu.ar
Received:
19
November
2019
Accepted:
10
December
2019
Published online:
11
January
2020
Recently it has been argued that a correct reading of the quantum fluctuations of the vacuum could lead to a solution to the cosmological constant problem. In this work we critically examine such a proposal, finding it questionable due to conceptual and self-consistency problems, as well as issues with the actual calculations. We conclude that the proposal is inadequate as a solution to the cosmological constant problem.
© The Author(s), 2020