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The Cosmological Constant Problem and Re-interpretation of Time

arXiv:1312.2759 · doi:10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2014.04.024

Abstract

We abandon the interpretation that time is a global parameter in quantum mechanics, replace it by a quantum dynamical variable playing the role of time. This operational re-interpretation of time provides a solution to the cosmological constant problem. The expectation value of the zero-point energy under the new time variable vanishes. The fluctuation of the vacuum energy as the leading contribution to the gravitational effect gives a correct order to the observed "dark energy". The "dark energy" as a mirage is always seen comparable with the matter energy density by an observer using the internal clock time. Conceptual consequences of the re-interpretation of time are also discussed.

9 pages, no figure; v3: improved discussion on remote simultaneity; v4: improved discussion on coincidence problem, reproduced Einstein theory of gravity from quantum reference frame, typos corrected, updated to the final version published in Nuclear Physics B

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