Reprint
Vacuum Fluctuations
Edited by
September 2024
192 pages
- ISBN978-3-7258-1445-9 (Hardback)
- ISBN978-3-7258-1446-6 (PDF)
This is a Reprint of the Special Issue Vacuum Fluctuations that was published in
Physical Sciences
Summary
This reprint presents research on the expanding role of vacuum fluctuations in understanding microscopic and macroscopic physics. The effects of vacuum fluctuations on atoms, molecules, and nanoparticles are discussed. These effects include the static and dynamic Casimir effects, van der Waals forces, and radiative shifts. In the macroscopic area, virtual electron–positron pairs are linked to the permittivity and permeability of space itself, and vacuum energy is connected to the expansion of the universe. This reprint embraces the spectrum of effects that are related to vacuum fluctuations.