Ah, an even more elegant argument against ZPE than the off-mass shell argument. Thanks for that tip, Brent. :-)
On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 7:38 PM, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote: > On 6/25/2013 1:27 PM, Stephen Paul King wrote: > > One wonders why this simple observed fact does not percolate down to the > masses that continue to spout nonsense that is contrary to the fact. The > zero point energy is, at best, electromagnetic in nature and since it is > off-mass-shell" cannot contribute to the momentum-energy source of > curvature. This also implies that there is no such thing as Planck scale > 'foaminess'! > > > The zero point energy of a field is negative for bosons (like photons) and > positive for fermions. The theory predicts *+*hbar*w/2 for each degree > of freedom (e.g. 2 for a photon). This is what produces what Weinberg > called the "worst prediction in theoretical physics". But if you use the > holographic principle and count only the degrees of freedom proportional to > the surface area (instead of volume) of the hubble sphere you get an energy > density close to the observed dark energy value. > > Brent > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/everything-list/YG6eX_qL0bE/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
