TITLE:
Zero Point Energy Effects on Quantum Electrodynamics
AUTHORS:
Bo Lehnert
KEYWORDS:
Zero Point Energy, Quantum Electrodynamics, Standard Model and Beyond
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Modern Physics,
Vol.6 No.4,
March
25,
2015
ABSTRACT: The
vacuum is not a state of empty space, but is populated by electromagnetic fluctuations
at a lowest nonzero level, the Zero Point Energy (ZPE). As distinguished from
conventional theories, such as that of the Standard Model, the present revised
quantum electrodynamic theory (RQED) includes the ZPE in its field equations.
This leads to new results far beyond those obtained from conventional theories
such as those by Dirac and Higgs. Thus, the present theory results in massive
elementary particles from the beginning, being independent of the theory by
Higgs. This paper describes the background and results of RQED, summarizing the
weak points of conventional theories, the unification of included fundamental
concepts, the present basic field equations, new obtained results, and special
points of experimental support. In other words, the new points stressed in this
paper are in particular the relation between a nonzero electric field
divergence in the vacuum and the ZPE, and a number of new experimentally
supported results due to a nonzero ZPE energy density in the same state.