virtual particle

created by tim_three

(idea) by tim_three (3.6 y) (print) ? (I like it!) Sat Mar 04 2000 at 19:11:38

in quantum physics, elementary particles are constantly being created and destroyed. As a result, space is filled with probability fields of particles.

an electron is constantly emitting and absorbing virtual photons
a photon may spontaneously split into an electron-positron pair, that may spontaneously collapse into nothingness, emitting a photon.

virtual photon	pseudo-object	Casimir effect	Ten reasons why creation scientists don't believe in evolution
quark gluon plasma	probability field	Feynman diagram	Gravity drive
quantum physics	pair production	quantum field theory	The Sub-Atomic Physics Project
gluon	positron	elementary particles	zero point energy
energy eigenstates	particle	photon	emit
nothingness	Vacuum fluctuation	renormalization

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