Space-time curvature due to quantum vacuum fluctuations: An alternative to dark energy?

Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics

Volumn 374, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 709-712

  Santos, Emilio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dark energy; Quantum gravity; Vacuum fluctuations

Indexed keywords

GRAVITATION;

ENERGY DENSITY; PLAUSIBLE ASSUMPTIONS; QUANTUM GRAVITY; QUANTUM VACUUM; SPACE TIME; VACUUM FLUCTUATIONS;

DARK ENERGY;

EID: 72649093912     PISSN: 03759601     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physleta.2009.11.079     Document Type: Article

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