Sentences with phrase «fluctuations in the vacuum»

The Casimir forces are due to the quantisation of electromagnetic fluctuations in vacuum, while the weak nuclear interactions are mediated by subatomic scale particles, originally called mesons by Yukawa.

DURING HIS TIME IN GUANGZHOU, Leonhardt planned to work on the theory of Casimir forces, a strange pull or push between two closely spaced objects that arises because of quantum mechanical fluctuations in the vacuum of empty space.

Not exact matches

In modern Cosmology the leading means to Genesis comes through a vacuum fluctuation.

This kind of random fluctuation is thought to have ultimately created our cosmos of stars, planets and existential worriers out of the quantum vacuum — admittedly abetted by some as - yet - unexplained happenstance, such as a period of faster - than - light inflation in the early universe, and matter somehow winning out against its evil twin, antimatter.

It arises because of the quantum electromagnetic fluctuations that occur in a vacuum.

The plan calls for using four pairs of «test masses» made of at least three different materials — such as beryllium, niobium and platinum - iridium — which would be kept in a vacuum and cooled to just a few kelvins, reducing temperature fluctuations that can degrade measurement accuracy.

Christian Gabriel's team at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light in Erlangen, Germany, has built a prototype that draws on a vacuum's random quantum fluctuations.

One example is known as the Casimir effect, predicted to exist in 1948 by the late Dutch physicist Hendrik Casimir, in which quantum fluctuations create an attractive force between two surfaces in a vacuum.

This might have practical implications in quantum computing, as ours is a world of constant fluctuation — even a vacuum is alive with vibrations of energy.

This problem is usually avoided by putting solar scopes in a vacuum tube where there's no air for temperature fluctuations.