Quantum vacuum fluctuations and dark energy

Abstract

It is shown that the curvature of space-time induced by vacuum fluctuations of quantum fields should be proportional to the square of Newton's constant $G$. This offers a possible explanation for the success of the approximation $G{m}^6{c}^2{h}^{-4}$ for the dark energy density, with $m$ being a typical mass of elementary particles.

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