RE: Casimir Effect - A Force Straight From the Vacuum

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Casimir Effect - A Force Straight From the Vacuum

in steemstem •  7 years ago 

Are these "virtual particles" that you are talking about here the same as dark matter?

Do you have any explanation for these effects from a physics standing, or do you like to leave room for mystery? Metaphysical curiosities?

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      ·  7 years ago (edited)

    Dark matter may or may not be a particle. The jury is still out on that one.

    Virtual particles are something else entirely. They are temporary fluctuations in a field that exhibit some of characteristic of a real particle but their lifetime are dictated by the uncertainty principle.

    A weird concept, true but one that has been measured.

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      ·  7 years ago 

    Spooky!

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