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Part II

19. The Cosmological Constant Problem Dissolves as a Category Error

Standard quantum field theory predicts a vacuum energy density roughly 120 orders of magnitude larger than the observed cosmological constant, called the worst prediction in the history of physics. Treating Lambda as a geometric consequence of spatial infinitude and the intrinsic equilibrium density of the physical substrate, instead of quantum vacuum zero-point energy, dissolves the discrepancy directly, since the substrate's own equilibrium density, independently fixed by particle masses, galaxy rotation curves, weak lensing, and atomic stability, reproduces the observed vacuum energy density as a downstream consequence [P2].

Source papers: P2

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