Vacuum Fluctuations

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 force...

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LanguageEnglish
Published Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2024
Subjects
acceleration radiation
Astronomy, space and time
Casimir effect
Casimir force
dynamical Casimir effect
electromagnetic field
Friedmann universe
hydrogen atom
Lamb shift
Mathematics and Science
microcavity electrodynamics
molecular chirality
moving mirrors
nanoparticle assembly
QED
quantum fields
quantum vacuum
radiation reaction
Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects
Research and information: general
SED
self-assembly
stochastic electrodynamics
vacuum boundary conditions
vacuum fluctuations
vacuum permittivity
van der Waals force
virtual particles
zero-point vibrations
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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.
ISBN:9783725814466
3725814465
9783725814459
3725814457
DOI:10.3390/books978-3-7258-1446-6