http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/11/111118133050.htm the old postulate: 'there is no perfect vacuum between any 2 points of mass' the reason: fields or energy "always" It also proves another: the whole of the universe is full of 'light' (electromagnetic energy)...... it makes 'walking the planck' moot it also means that the scope of 'entropy' is a joke
Lol, virtual photons have been indirectly observed for decades from U(1). Secondly, virtual particles are different from real particles such that virtual photons do not appear in the ordinary electromagnetic spectrum because they are not emitted or absorbed but are manifested through U(1).
the virtual particle belief is for the morons. for example; photon are not particles anyway. Proof; what's their size? ie.... what size photon for a radio wave versus a gamma? the two items that i cracked up on about the 'news' is the used of 'casimir'? the second part is the increase of potential from the vacuum (reversal of entropy), and how the 'energy' came from the fields based on the resonant occilations of the 2 plates within the environment (the fields) it is how the spinning particles of cern get their increase of energy too Do you observe these facts of the experiment? Do you even know what the term "casimir" is? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casimir_effect
virtual photon vir·tu·al/ˈvərCHo͞oəl/Adjective: 1.Almost or nearly as described, but not completely or according to strict definition: "the virtual absence of border controls". 2.Not physically existing as such but made by software to appear to do so: "virtual images".
it's fun to be 'right' WASHINGTON: Scientists claim to have produced particles of light out of vacuum, proving that space is not empty. An international team says that its experiment in which tiny parcels of light, or photons, are produced out of empty space has confirmed that a vacuum contains quantum fluctuations of energy, the Nature journal reported http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-11-19/science/30418928_1_vacuum-dce-photons
