Search for the sparking of the vacuum
- 1 August 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Physics Today
- Vol. 35 (8), 24-32
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2915201
Abstract
Our concept of the nature of the vacuum has been evolving for the last 25 centuries. Indeed, some aspects of today's perception of the vacuum, established by modern experimental probes, date back to ancient Greek philosophers. The static electric field near a superheavy atomic nucleus may be strong enough to pull electrons and positrons out of the vacuum.Keywords
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