The quantum vacuum as the origin of the speed of light : http://arxiv.org/pdf/1302.6165.pdf
- Mark From: Axil Axil Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2013 9:31 PM To: vortex-l Subject: Re: [Vo]:A sum rule for charged elementary particles http://csglobe.com/new-research-shows-the-speed-of-light-is-variable-in-real-space/ New Research Shows the Speed of Light is Variable in Real Space Two new studies to be published in the European Physical Journal D demonstrate that the speed of light is variable in real space. Textbook explanations of the speed of light assume that light travels in a vacuum, but space is not a vacuum. Both Marcel Urban of the University of Paris-Sud, in Orsay, France and Gerd Leuchs and Luis L. Sanchez-Soto from the Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Light in Erlangen, Germany propose that simple changes in physics theory that alter long-held concepts and present experimental proof and analysis that support the changes. Urban and his team propose that particle pairs such as electron-positron or quark-antiquark pairs can affect the speed of light. Each photon of light would be acted upon by the transitory magnetic and electrical fields of electron-positron or quark-antiquark pairs, thus producing a small variation in the speed of light which is theoretically on the order of 50 attoseconds per square meter of crossed vacuum. The difference in speed could potentially be measured with high speed lasers. On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 12:11 AM, Axil Axil <janap...@gmail.com> wrote: http://arxiv.org/pdf/1301.3923v1.pdf A sum rule for charged elementary particles This paper draws a connection between charge and the behavior of the vacuum in a region. Charge and dipoles shapes the vacuum and also the speed that light travels through it. Increase the charge in a vacuum and the speed of light slows. Other fundamental constants also change. The fine structure constant is a function of the volume of particle-antiparticle pairs. This paper is a must read for the vacuum energy folks.
