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Quantum Vacuum Heuristics

Quantum Physics 2015-06-26 v1

Abstract

Didactic heuristic arguments, based on the quantum mechanics of the vacuum and the structure of spacetime, are reviewed concerning particle creation from the vacuum by an electric field, vacuum radiation in an accelerated frame, black-hole radiation, minimum-mass black holes, spacetime breakdown, maximal proper acceleration, the spacetime tangent bundle, and intrinsic Planck-scale regularization of quantum fields.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0303054,
  title  = {Quantum Vacuum Heuristics},
  author = {Howard E. Brandt},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0303054},
  year   = {2015}
}

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13 pages