Some remarks on axion dark matter, dark energy and energy of the quantum vacuum

Abstract

In connection with the problem of dark matter, we discuss recent results on constraining the parameters of axion-to-nucleon interaction following from the experiment on measuring the difference of Casimir forces. It is shown that this experiment not only leads to competitive constraints, but provides stronger support to other constraints obtained in Casimir physics so far. The description of dark energy by means of cosmological constant originated from the quantum vacuum is considered in terms of the renormalization procedures in quantum field theory. It is argued that only the renormalized value of cosmological constant directly connected with the observed density of dark energy is of physical significance, so that some statements in the literature concerning the vacuum catastrophe may be considered as an exaggeration.

arXiv comment8 pages, 1 figure; to appear in Int. J. Mod. Phys. A; based on the talk presented at the "10th Alexander Friedmann International Seminar on Gravitation and Cosmology and 4th Symposium on the Casimir Effect" (Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 2019)

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