Colloquium Natural and Life Sciences - Robert Bennett
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The quantum vacuum — convenient fiction or physical reality?
| When |
Jun 11, 2019
from 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM |
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| Where | FRIAS, Albertstr. 19, Seminar room |
| Contact Name | Andrea Nordlander |
| Contact Phone | +49 (0)761 203-97362 |
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The quantum vacuum — convenient fiction or physical reality?
Quantum mechanics predicts that even the emptiest region of space contains a rich structure, but cannot be directly observed. Its existence is usually inferred via indirect methods, which often admit more than one interpretation. In this talk I will outline the scientific and philosophical issues surrounding the quantum vacuum, and give an overview of recent works which claim to prove its ‘reality’.
