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DD: Fachverband Didaktik der Physik

DD 38: Astronomie – Poster

DD 38.6: Poster

Wednesday, February 28, 2024, 14:00–15:00, ELP 6: Foyer

Students Learn to Solve the Cosmological Constant Problem — •Hans-Otto Carmesin — Athenaeum, Stade — Studienseminar Stade — Universität Bremen, Fachbereich 1

Electricity and volumes are omnipresent. However, the theory of quantum electrodynamics predicts an energy density of the electromagnetic field u_QED that is a factor of 10¹²² larger than the observed energy density of volume u_vol, this is the cosmological constant problem, CCP. u_vol is essentially the observed dark energy. We show how students can solve it in an exact and elegant manner: Based on the usual algebraic structure of Einstein’s ingenious general relativity, the dynamics of volume are analyzed & derived. With it, the energy density u_vol is derived and identified as a kinetic energy density. The potential energy density of u_vol,pot compensates u_vol and implies energy conservation during the expansion of space. Moreover, the volume dynamics show that u_QED is compensated by its potential energy density u_QED,pot, this solves the CCP. Moreover, the Casimir force is derived.

Our results are in precise accordance with observation and fully derived from physical principles [1,2]. Experiences from teaching in research clubs and general study courses at a university are presented.

[1] Carmesin, H.-O. (2023): Geometrical and Exact Unification of Spacetime, Gravity and Quanta. Berlin: Verlag Dr. Köster.

[2] More info: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Hans-Otto-Carmesin

Keywords: Relativity; Gravity; Quantum Physics; Dark Energy; Foundations of Physics