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Vacuum Fluctuations and the Cosmological Constant

arXiv:hep-th/0505109

Abstract

The hypothesis is proposed that under the approximation that the quantum equations of motion reduce to the classical ones, the quantum vacuum also reduces to the classical vacuum--the empty space. The vacuum energy of QED is studied under this hypothesis. A possible solution to the cosmological constant problem is provided and a kind of parameterization of the cosmological "constant" is derived.

6 pages, 2 figures, revtex4; references added, content added

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