TITLE:
The Universe as a Graviton Condensate: The “Dark-Bright Conjecture”
AUTHORS:
A. Sigal
KEYWORDS:
Gravitons, Dark Energy, Quantum Cosmology, Holographic Principle
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of High Energy Physics, Gravitation and Cosmology,
Vol.3 No.2,
April
17,
2017
ABSTRACT: The idea of a homogeneous, isotropic and spatially flat universe brings with it some unresolved issues, such as the nature of dark matter and the “coincidence problem”, i.e. the same order of magnitude between matter and vacuum density at the present time. In order to better understand these problems, it has been recently presented a physical interpretation based on quantum corrections within the second order Friedmann equation, which assumes a quantum condensate composed of gravitons filling the universe. In this article we show that the above supposition is consistent with the picture of a holographic universe created from vacuum fluctuations. From five postulates based on principles of modern quantum cosmology, we propose a very simple conjecture that, while shedding light on the properties of dark matter and dark energy, is able to predict values for the cosmological parameters which are in great agreement with the most accurate data gathered in recent astronomical observations.