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Unraveling the mystery of the cosmological constant: Does spacetime uncertainty hold the key?
Ahmed Farag Ali, Nader Inan
In addressing the cosmological constant problem, we propose that the discrepancy between the theoretical and observed values can be ascribed to the inherent uncertainty in the spac…
Energy level shift of quantum systems via the electric Aharonov-Bohm effect
RY Chiao, H Hart, NA Inan +4
A novel version of the electric Aharonov-Bohm effect is proposed where the quantum system which picks up the Aharonov-Bohm phase is confined to a Faraday cage with a time varying,…
A new approach to detecting gravitational waves via the coupling of gravity to the zero-point energy of the phonon modes of a superconductor
Nader A. Inan
The response of a superconductor to a gravitational wave is shown to obey a London-like constituent equation. The Cooper pairs are described by the Ginzburg-Landau free energy dens…
Superconductor Meissner effects for gravito-electromagnetic fields in harmonic coordinates due to non-relativistic gravitational sources
Nader Inan
It is well known that a covariant Lagrangian for relativistic charged particles can lead to a vanishing Hamiltonian. Alternatively, it is shown that using a "space+time" Lagrangian…
Inductive rectilinear frame dragging and local coupling to the gravitational field of the universe
L. L. Williams, N. Inan
There is a drag force on objects moving in the background cosmological metric, known from galaxy cluster dynamics. The force is quite small over laboratory timescales, yet it appli…
Dynamical Casimir effect and the possibility of laser-like generation of gravitational radiation
R. Y. Chiao, J. S. Sharping, L. A. Martinez +4
In this paper, we address the question as to whether or not measurable sources for gravitational waves could possibly be made in the laboratory. Based on an analogy of the dynamica…
Neutrino induced decoherence and variation in nuclear decay rates
Douglas Singleton, Nader Inan, Raymond Y. Chiao
Recent work has proposed that the interaction between ordinary matter and a stochastic gravitational background can lead to the decoherence of large aggregates of ordinary matter.…
Observability of the scalar Aharonov-Bohm effect inside a 3D Faraday cage with time-varying exterior charges and masses
R. Y. Chiao, X. H. Deng, K. M. Sundqvist +5
In this paper we investigate the scalar Aharonov-Bohm (AB) effect in two of its forms, i.e., its electric form and its gravitational form. The standard form of the electric AB effe…
A Gravitational Aharonov-Bohm Effect, and its Connection to Parametric Oscillators and Gravitational Radiation
Raymond Y. Chiao, Robert W. Haun, Nader A. Inan +5
A thought experiment is proposed to demonstrate the existence of a gravitational, vector Aharonov-Bohm effect. A connection is made between the gravitational, vector Aharonov-Bohm…