On Tue, Apr 21, 2020 at 4:42 AM Alan Grayson <agrayson2...@gmail.com> wrote:
*> how can the EM field contribute anything to the vacuum energy in a > region of empty space far away from charged particles? * Because Quantum Mechanics tells us that some things can happen for no reason, and because it tells us that the law of conservation of energy can be violated, if only for a very short amount of time. So 2 particles with opposite charges can briefly pop into existence, and so can electromagnetic waves. And we know what Quantum Mechanics is telling us is true because it has been experimentally verified to very high precision. John K Clark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAJPayv2M-5S3gW_t7pu4eKz3O-F9Xyf4fhHr6RRv%3DMZPKGkSKQ%40mail.gmail.com.
