Physical Vacuum in Superconductors

TL;DR

This paper proposes an electromagnetic dark energy model for superconductors' vacuum, explaining experimental anomalies in Cooper pairs' inertial mass and suggesting a variable vacuum speed of light related to potential equivalence principle violations.

Contribution

It introduces a novel electromagnetic dark energy framework for superconductors' vacuum, linking experimental anomalies to a preferred frame and variable light speed.

Findings

Experimental anomalies in Cooper pairs' inertial mass explained

A model for variable vacuum speed of light in superconductors proposed

Potential breaking of the weak equivalence principle for Cooper pairs

Abstract

Although experiments carried out by Jain et al. showed that the Cooper pairs obey the strong equivalence principle, The measurement of the Cooper pairs inertial mass by Tate et al. revealed an anomalous excess of mass. In the present paper we interpret these experimental results in the framework of an electromagnetic model of dark energy for the superconductors' vacuum. We argue that this physical vacuum is associated with a preferred frame. Ultimately from the conservation of energy for Cooper pairs we derive a model for a variable vacuum speed of light in the superconductors physical vacuum in relation with a possible breaking of the weak equivalence principle for Cooper pairs.