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For a finite-sized classical electron, energy conservation requires that the Born self-energy \(U_{e}^{\mathit{Born}}\), due to the electric field which surrounds the electron, be added to the electron’s rest mass energy \(m_{e}c^{2}\). \(U_{e}^{\mathit{Born}}\), which scales inversely with the electron radius \(R_{e}\), is very large and, in fact, would dominate all other energy contributions within the intergalactic medium (IGM). By taking into account the ionization fraction \(\nu _{e}\) of atomic hydrogen in the IGM Dark Energy can be quantitatively explained using \(U_{e}^{\mathit{Born}}\) without the necessity of a cosmological constant \(\varLambda \).
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The author thanks Professors Bharat Ratra, Larry Weaver, and Louis Crane for extensive discussions and to numerous anonymous referees for useful comments. The nucleus for this current contribution originated from an enlightening Peterson Lecture, on “Inflationary Cosmology: Is our Universe part of a Multiverse?”, given by Professor Alan Guth at Kansas State University in Spring 2013.
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Law, B.M. Cosmological consequences of a classical finite-sized electron model. Astrophys Space Sci 365, 64 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10509-020-03774-w
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