The fact that subatomic particles are popping into existence and out of existence all the time in empty space? Wouldn’t the temporary presence of untold numbers of particles exert some influence on expansion? I haven’t heard any documentary or publication talk about this idea. Is it dumb?
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Virtual particles, the particles you are referring to here, aren’t real. They arise as a mathematical trick in QFT. But even if they were real what would the effects be? Well they are particles with mass so total mass of the universe would increase. If mass increases so does gravity and we should see a slowing of expansion, not acceleration.
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