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Foundations of quantum optics

Quantum vacuum heuristics

Pages 2455-2463 | Received 01 Feb 2003, Published online: 24 Apr 2008
 

Abstract

Didactic heuristic arguments, based on the quantum mechanics of the vacuum and the structure of space—time, are reviewed concerning particle creation from the vacuum by an electric field, vacuum radiation in an accelerated frame, black-hole radiation, minimum mass black holes, space-time breakdown, maximal proper acceleration, the space-time tangent bundle and intrinsic Planck-scale regularization of quantum fields.

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