Is "Dark Energy" a Quantum Vacuum Energy?

Abstract

We review the origins, motivations, and implications for cosmology and black holes, of our proposal that "dark energy" is not a quantum vacuum energy, but rather arises from a Weyl scaling invariant nonderivative component of the gravitational action.

arXiv comment26 pages; invited mini-review for Modern Physics Letters A, to be submitted 12/15. In v2, references added in footnote on p3. Comments welcome

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