Cosmological Averaging of Orbital Angular Momentum of Galaxy Clusters A Dynamical Origin Hypothesis for Dark Energy
The standard ΛCDM model faces a fundamental “fine-tuning” problem: the observeddark energy density is about 120 orders of magnitude smaller than the vacuum energydensity predicted by quantum field theory. This paper proposes an alternative dynamicalmechanism: the driving force of cosmic accelerated expansion may originate primarilyfrom the orbital angular momentum of the largest bound structures in the universe—galaxy clusters—under cosmological-scale statistical averaging, while dark energy needonly act as a weak “trigger” that breaks the gravitational–angular-momentum equilibrium.We demonstrate the physical self-consistency of this mechanism and show, via orderof-magnitude estimation, that the average kinetic energy density of galaxy clusters lieswithin a comparable range to the observed dark energy density. However, we also franklyacknowledge that this model does not resolve the fine-tuning problem, and may in factsharpen it: why does the released angular momentum contribute precisely the densityrequired by observations? This question is recast by the model as a problem of structureformation dynamics, but remains unanswered. Nevertheless, we present a set of unique,testable predictions distinct from ΛCDM, providing clear guidance for future sky surveys.
Authors
- fengkai Xu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0886-9013)
- zijun Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-4046-5317)
Institutions
- Sun Yat-sen University (CN)
- Fudan University (CN)
- Zhongshan Hospital (CN)
- The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Published
- 2026-05-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20407094
- Primary Topic
- Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
- Type
- preprint