Possibilities of a QED-Based Vacuum Energy

TL;DR

This paper proposes a QED-based bootstrap mechanism at tiny space-time scales that could explain dark vacuum energy and its implications for cosmic phenomena like dark matter and gamma-ray bursts.

Contribution

It introduces a novel QED-based model at small scales that links vacuum energy to observable cosmic phenomena and discusses potential mechanisms involving lepton-pair production.

Findings

Small-scale vacuum currents generate electromagnetic fields near the light cone.

Lepton-pair production may include tachyonic particles affecting QED processes.

Potential explanations for dark matter and high-energy cosmic events are proposed.

Abstract

A QED-based bootstrap mechanism, appearing at sufficiently small space-time scales, is suggested as an explanation for the "dark" vacuum energy that may be able to accelerate the universe. Very small-scale vacuum currents are allowed to generate small-scale electromagnetic fields, which become significant near the light cone. The resulting lepton-pair production, some of which may be tachyonic, has ramifications for the convergence of all QED perturbative processes, as well as providing possible mechanisms for "dark" matter, galactic gamma-ray bursts, and ultra-high-energy cosmic rays.