Abstract
If a non-zero graviton mass exists, the question arises if a release of gravitons, possibly as a “Graviton gas” at the onset of inflation could be an initial vacuum state. Pros and cons to this idea are raised, in part based upon Bose gases. The analysis starts with Volovik’s condensed matter treatment of GR, and ends with consequences, which the author sees, if the supposition is true.
Highlights
Open AccessVolovik’s [1] book as of 2003 has a chapter on how a Bose gas can be used to obtain a vacuum energy
We extrapolate from this idea, and link it to what was done by Glinka [2], as to Wheeler De Witt (WdW) treatment of semi-classical style physics in his boson treatment of a “graviton gas” in order to make a similar analogy to what is done by Park [3], namely his so called version of a temperature sensitive cosmological constant parameter
The author suggests that earlier generation, requiring increased sensitivity of GW detectors, perhaps of h ~ 10−24 −1025 may be necessary as to be able to reach higher frequency GW created by graviton production at the onset of inflation
Summary
Volovik’s [1] book as of 2003 has a chapter on how a Bose gas can be used to obtain a vacuum energy. We extrapolate from this idea, and link it to what was done by Glinka [2], as to Wheeler De Witt (WdW) treatment of semi-classical style physics in his boson treatment of a “graviton gas” in order to make a similar analogy to what is done by Park [3], namely his so called version of a temperature sensitive cosmological constant parameter. Afterwards, links of how entropy may be connected with an evolution of the resulting cosmological vacuum energy expression, for a graviton gas are explored. The authors’ beliefs as to if this hypothesis can be tested will be the final part of the manuscript
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