An alternative interpretation of the cosmological vacuum

• Published in: arXiv.org
• Main Author: Schürmann, Thomas
• Format: Paper
• Language: English
• Published: Ithaca Cornell University Library, arXiv.org 12.07.2020
• Subjects: Cosmological constant; Cosmology; Dark energy; Flux density; Mathematical analysis; Time dependence
• ISSN: 2331-8422

The present contribution aims at obtaining the energy/dark energy fraction of the universe by starting from the Sitter vacuum only and without involving any additional source of energy. To do so, we consider two different standard solutions of the Einstein vacuum equations with positive cosmological constant. In accordance with [9][10], we initially derive an uncertainty principle for the associated spherical and hyperbolical time-slices to highlight the connection between the classical notion of spatial curvature and the quantum mechanical uncertainty of position and momentum in de Sitter space (Theorem). Based on the positive and negative curvatures of these foliations, an alternative notion of (time-dependent) energy and dark energy of the vacuum is established. This opens the possibility of a formal derivation of Einstein's gravitational constant \(\kappa\) by matching the dark energy contribution at the Planck scale at one Planck time after the initial singularity. Moreover, for the fraction of 70\% dark energy, the age of the universe is estimated to be about 13.7 billion years. Finally, we verify that the metric corresponding to a suitable junction of the hyperbolic and the spherical foliation is a solution of Einstein's field equations. This suggests a cosmology given by a de Sitter space embedded into an asymptotic Schwarzschild-Anti-de Sitter background.