Empty Space is NOT Empty
Δημοσιεύτηκε στις 30 Απρ 2013
An
atom is mostly empty space, but empty space is mostly not empty. The
reason it looks empty is because electrons and photons don't interact
with the stuff that is there, quark and gluon field fluctuations.
It
actually takes energy to clear out space and make a true 'empty' vacuum.
This seems incredibly counter-intuitive but we can make an analogy to a
permanent magnet. When at low energies, like at room temperature, there
is a magnetic field around the magnet due to the alignment of all the
magnetic moments of the atoms. But if you add some energy to it by
heating it, the particles gain thermal energy, which above the Curie
temperature makes their magnetic moments randomly oriented and hence
destroying the magnetic field. So in this case energy is needed to clear
out the field, just as in the quantum vacuum.
Special thanks to Professor Derek Leinweber, find out more about his research here: http://bit.ly/ZZTKFP
atom is mostly empty space, but empty space is mostly not empty. The
reason it looks empty is because electrons and photons don't interact
with the stuff that is there, quark and gluon field fluctuations.
It
actually takes energy to clear out space and make a true 'empty' vacuum.
This seems incredibly counter-intuitive but we can make an analogy to a
permanent magnet. When at low energies, like at room temperature, there
is a magnetic field around the magnet due to the alignment of all the
magnetic moments of the atoms. But if you add some energy to it by
heating it, the particles gain thermal energy, which above the Curie
temperature makes their magnetic moments randomly oriented and hence
destroying the magnetic field. So in this case energy is needed to clear
out the field, just as in the quantum vacuum.
Special thanks to Professor Derek Leinweber, find out more about his research here: http://bit.ly/ZZTKFP
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