Cosmological consequences of a classical finite-sized electron model

For a finite-sized classical electron, energy conservation requires that the Born self-energy U_e^𝐵𝑜𝑟𝑛 , due to the electric field which surrounds the electron, be added to the electron’s rest mass energy m_ec^2 . U_e^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 ν _e of atomic hydrogen in the IGM Dark Energy can be quantitatively explained using U_e^𝐵𝑜𝑟𝑛 without the necessity of a cosmological constant .