Listening to the quantum vacuum: A perspective on the dynamical Casimir effect
Loading...
Access rights
openAccess
publishedVersion
URL
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
A1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä
This publication is imported from Aalto University research portal.
View publication in the Research portal (opens in new window)
View/Open full text file from the Research portal (opens in new window)
Other link related to publication (opens in new window)
View publication in the Research portal (opens in new window)
View/Open full text file from the Research portal (opens in new window)
Other link related to publication (opens in new window)
Date
Department
Major/Subject
Mcode
Degree programme
Language
en
Pages
3
Series
Europhysics News, Volume 51, issue 4, pp. 18-20
Abstract
Modern quantum field theory has offered us a very intriguing picture of empty space. The vacuum state is no longer an inert, motionless state. We are instead dealing with an entity teeming with fluctuations that continuously produce virtual particles popping in and out of existence. The dynamical Casimir effect is a paradigmatic phenomenon, whereby these particles are converted into real particles (photons) by changing the boundary conditions of the field. It was predicted 50 years ago by Gerald T. Moore and it took more than 40 years until the first experimental verification.Description
Keywords
Other note
Citation
Paraoanu, G S & Johansson, G 2020, 'Listening to the quantum vacuum : A perspective on the dynamical Casimir effect', Europhysics News, vol. 51, no. 4, pp. 18-20. https://doi.org/10.1051/epn/2020402