All Questions
3
questions
-1
votes
1
answer
62
views
What are $δ$ and $ε$ in the list of Dirac's five 'fundamental constants', concerning his 'Large number hypothesis'?
From Jean-Philippe Uzan's Varying Constants, Gravitation and Cosmology:
Dirac formed five dimensionless ratios among which1 δ ≡ H0ħ/mpc2 ∼ 2h × 10−42 and equation M1 and asked the question of which of ...
- 4,509
7
votes
1
answer
511
views
Does zero point energy really contribute to the cosmological constant?
The zero point energy is usually supposed to contribute to the cosmological constant. And the mismatch between the small cosmological constant compared with the huge zero point energy is deemed as one ...
- 4,452
5
votes
0
answers
82
views
Bargmann–Wigner equations in NP formalism
Bargmann-Wigner equations describe free particles of arbitrary spin $j$, namely
$$(-\gamma^{\mu}\partial_{\mu}+m)_{\alpha_r \alpha_{r’}}\Psi_{\alpha_1,..,\alpha_{r’},...,\alpha_{2j}}=0$$
where we have ...
- 341