"Vacuum Energy" paper
Date: Monday, February 26, 2007 @ 22:35:45 UTC
Topic: Science
by Mark D. Roberts (April 11, 2004)
Abstract: There appears to be three, perhaps related, ways of
approaching the nature of vacuum energy. The first is to say that it is
just the lowest energy state of a given, usually quantum, system. The
second is to equate vacuum energy with the Casimir energy. The third is
to note that an energy difference from a complete vacuum might have
some long range effect, typically this energy difference is interpreted
as the cosmological constant. All three approaches are reviewed, with
an emphasis on recent work.
It is hoped that this review is
comprehensive in scope. There is a discussion on whether there is a
relation between vacuum energy and inertia.
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