vacuum fluctuations
- plural of vacuum fluctuation.
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“So, the primordial quantum mechanical vacuum fluctuations of the spacetime that are stretched to cosmological sizes during inflation continue to propagate through the Universe in the form of — drum roll — gravitational waves.”
From Salon ● Dec. 13, 2023
In this analogy, the ruler corresponds to the vacuum fluctuations while the ultra-powerful laser flash bends them.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 13, 2023
The aim is to manipulate the vacuum fluctuations so that they, seemingly magically, change the polarization of an X-ray flash from the European XFEL, i.e., rotate its direction of oscillation.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 13, 2023
LIGO’s laser is made of photons, each under the influence of vacuum fluctuations that can produce a crackle in the interferometer, limiting the range of detections.
From Seattle Times ● May 29, 2023
If the measurements match expectations and show that virtual particles interact gravitationally just like ordinary matter, then we will know for sure that vacuum fluctuations must affect Einstein's general relativity equations.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 29, 2023
