2019
DOI: 10.1142/s0217732319500354
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Dispersive property of the quantum vacuum and the speed of light

Abstract: We want to study the influence of the quantum vacuum on the light propagation. At first, by working in the standard linear quantum theory of the electromagnetic fields, it is shown that the electric permittivity and the magnetic permeability of the vacuum medium are changed; but, the resulting speed of light isn't modified. Then, taking into account nonlinear effects by considering the Euler-Heisenberg Lagrangian, the corresponding zero point (vacuum) energy and the resulting modification of the speed of light… Show more

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“…as in classical electromagnetic theory. Equation (21) allow us to define the four-vector potential that drives the creation of the pairs. Equation (22) simply say that charge density is the divergence of polarization and the current is the sum of its polarization and magnetization parts.…”
Section: Connection With a Dielectric Modelmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…as in classical electromagnetic theory. Equation (21) allow us to define the four-vector potential that drives the creation of the pairs. Equation (22) simply say that charge density is the divergence of polarization and the current is the sum of its polarization and magnetization parts.…”
Section: Connection With a Dielectric Modelmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Such a medium may well consist of particle-antiparticle bound states, as first discussed by Ruark [12] and further elaborated by Wheeler [13]. This approach has been recently adopted [14][15][16] to obtain expressions for the permittivity, leading to ab initio calculations of the value of ε 0 and to useful discussions of the significance of those calculations [17][18][19][20][21][22]. The main assumption in Refs.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…First of all, let us know what is quantum? If we will say that the computer can work more than the speed of light then, it will be false [10,11]. The question arises here the speed of light is faster than anything else; it can be true with the help of QUANTUM.…”
Section: Quantum Mechanismmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This approach has been recently adopted [12][13][14] to calculate ab initio ε 0 1 by using the same technique employed to determine the permitivitty in a dielectric. This has prompted significant research interest in adopting an oscillator model for the virtual pairs in order to assess some properties of the vacuum [15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22] . Interestingly, the possibility that a charged pair can form an atomic bound state (which can thus be well approximated by an oscillator) was discussed by Ruark [23] and further elaborated by Wheeler [24].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%