Electron Born self-energy model: Dark Energy, Cosmic Inflation, & Dark Matter

The electron Born self-energy (eBse) model is an extension of QED where the electron is of finite size, with radius R_e = 1.9 x 10^-20m, rest mass m_e, Born mass m_e^B = 74,000 m_e (arising from the electric field energy), and equation of state w = -1 (for m_e^B). QED renormalizes away (i.e. omits) m_e^B ~ 1/R_e because the electron is assumed to be a point particle (R_e = 0), whereas, the eBse model retains m_e^B and is consistent with all current QED measurements. In the eBse model Dark Energy (Astrophys Space Sci 365, 64 (2020), Phys Sci Forum 2, 9 (2021)) is quantitatively explained as arising from the time dependent creation of m_e^B, from the ionization of hydrogen, in the Warm-Hot-Intergalactic-Medium at temperatures of T ~ 10⁵-10⁷K. Cosmic Inflation (Sci Rep 13, 21798 (2023)) arises because, at sufficiently high temperatures T > T_G = 1.06x10¹⁷K (the glass transition temperature), the number density of electrons and positrons remains constant at its maximum value of 1/(2R_e)³, in a glassy phase, hence, the potential energy density is also constant (with negligible average kinetic energy density) which leads to an exponential acceleration (associated with Cosmic Inflation). The inflaton scalar field is temperature in this model. Galactic Dark Matter halos (Sci Rep 14, 24090 (2024)) – see oral talk - arise because galaxies are surrounded by a halo of m_e^B particles, which act as Dark Matter particles in this model.