%0 Journal Article
%T Lorentz Invariance and the Zero-Point Stress-Energy Tensor
%A Matt Visser
%J -
%D 2018
%R https://doi.org/10.3390/particles1010010
%X Abstract Some 67 years ago (1951), Wolfgang Pauli noted that the net zero-point energy density could be set to zero by a carefully fine-tuned cancellation between bosons and fermions. In the current article, I will argue in a slightly different direction: the zero-point energy density is only one component of the zero-point stress energy tensor, and it is this tensor quantity that is in many ways the more fundamental object of interest. I shall demonstrate that Lorentz invariance of the zero-point stress energy tensor implies finiteness of the zero-point stress energy tensor, and vice versa. Under certain circumstances (in particular, but not limited to, the finite quantum field theories (QFTs)), PauliĄ¯s cancellation mechanism will survive the introduction of particle interactions. I shall then relate the discussion to beyond standard model (BSM) physics, to the cosmological constant, and to Sakharov-style induced gravity. View Full-Tex
%K Lorentz invariance
%K zero-point stress¨Cenergy
%K zero-point energy density
%K zero-point pressure
%U https://www.mdpi.com/2571-712X/1/1/10