Beck, Christian; Mackey, Michael C. Electromagnetic dark energy. (English) Zbl 1153.85002 Int. J. Mod. Phys. D 17, No. 1, 71-80 (2008). Summary: We introduce a new model for dark energy in the Universe in which a small cosmological constant is generated by ordinary electromagnetic vacuum energy. The corresponding virtual photons exist at all frequencies but switch from a gravitationally active phase at low frequencies to a gravitationally inactive phase at higher frequencies via a Ginzburg-Landau type of phase transition. Only virtual photons in the gravitationally active state contribute to the cosmological constant. A small vacuum energy density, consistent with astronomical observations, is naturally generated in this model. We propose possible laboratory tests for such a scenario based on phase synchronization in superconductors. Cited in 3 Documents MSC: 85A40 Astrophysical cosmology 83C57 Black holes 83C47 Methods of quantum field theory in general relativity and gravitational theory 83C50 Electromagnetic fields in general relativity and gravitational theory Keywords:cosmological constant; vacuum fluctuations; superconductors PDFBibTeX XMLCite \textit{C. Beck} and \textit{M. C. Mackey}, Int. J. Mod. Phys. D 17, No. 1, 71--80 (2008; Zbl 1153.85002) Full Text: DOI arXiv References: [1] DOI: 10.1086/377253 · doi:10.1086/377253 [2] Spergel D. N., Astrophys. J. Supp. Ser. 148 pp 148– [3] DOI: 10.1086/513700 · doi:10.1086/513700 [4] DOI: 10.1086/510378 · doi:10.1086/510378 [5] DOI: 10.1103/RevModPhys.61.1 · Zbl 1129.83361 · doi:10.1103/RevModPhys.61.1 [6] DOI: 10.1103/RevModPhys.75.559 · Zbl 1205.83082 · doi:10.1103/RevModPhys.75.559 [7] DOI: 10.1142/S021827180600942X · Zbl 1203.83061 · doi:10.1142/S021827180600942X [8] Tinkham M., Introduction to Superconductivity (1996) [9] Lifshitz E. M., Course of Theoretical Physics 9, in: Statistical Physics (1980) [10] DOI: 10.1016/j.physletb.2004.11.060 · doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2004.11.060 [11] DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2006.12.019 · doi:10.1016/j.physa.2006.12.019 [12] DOI: 10.1002/andp.200410119 · Zbl 1078.81076 · doi:10.1002/andp.200410119 [13] DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.26.74 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.26.74 [14] DOI: 10.1103/PhysRev.83.34 · Zbl 0044.41201 · doi:10.1103/PhysRev.83.34 [15] DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/19/10/106223 · doi:10.1088/0953-8984/19/10/106223 [16] DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.251801 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.251801 This reference list is based on information provided by the publisher or from digital mathematics libraries. Its items are heuristically matched to zbMATH identifiers and may contain data conversion errors. In some cases that data have been complemented/enhanced by data from zbMATH Open. This attempts to reflect the references listed in the original paper as accurately as possible without claiming completeness or a perfect matching.