The Edge Of The Universe

[vlaiv]

7 minutes ago, Barry Fitz-Gerald said:

I understand that attempts to reconcile the predicted value of this 'vacuum energy' with the currently accepted value of 'dark energy' produces a mis-match of several orders of magnitude

I'd say that is an understatement

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In cosmology, the cosmological constant problem or vacuum catastrophe is the disagreement between the observed values of vacuum energy density (the small value of the cosmological constant) and theoretical large value of zero-point energy suggested by quantum field theory.

Depending on the Planck energy cutoff and other factors, the discrepancy is as high as 120 orders of magnitude,^[1] a state of affairs described by physicists as "the largest discrepancy between theory and experiment in all of science"^[1] and "the worst theoretical prediction in the history of physics."^[2]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmological_constant_problem

[Barry Fitz-Gerald]

Yes, it is a big discrepancy, and impossible to reconcile the two.  As long as there is no paradigm shift in the interpretation of the standard model just around the corner!