Physical mechanisms underpinning the vacuum permittivity
Quantum Physics
2021-10-15 v1
Abstract
Debate about the emptiness of the space goes back to the prehistory of science and is epitomized by the Aristotelian \emph{horror vacui}, which can be seen as the precursor of the ether, whose modern version is the dynamical quantum vacuum. Here, we change our view to \emph{gaudium vacui} and discuss how the vacuum fluctuations fix the value of the permittivity and permeability .
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@article{arxiv.2110.07223,
title = {Physical mechanisms underpinning the vacuum permittivity},
author = {Gerd Leuchs and Margaret Hawton and Luis L. Sanchez-Soto},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2110.07223},
year = {2021}
}
Comments
11 pages, 3 figures. Comments most welcome!