On Jul 31, 2009, at 11:09 AM, Jones Beene wrote:
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From: Horace Heffner
Virtual particle pairs pop into existence for an amount of time
that does
not violate Heisenberg. This has nothing to do with the ZPF
exclusion from
cavities.
Well, I wouldn't be too sure of that. After all, IIRC someone in an
Ivory
Tower has suggested that the ZPF is a kind of residual ghosting or
bleed-over effect from the "virtual foam". This may not bit be
Hotson's view
(not sure) but it might mesh in with his view. I do not think that
one can
understand ZPF accurately - independently of Hotson's epo field...
which is
not to say that there is anyone who does understand it at all.
You can't use virtual particle wavelengths to compute Casimir forces.
Virtual particle pairs have nothing to do with ZPF exclusion from
cavities. If you think they do, then let's see the theory. The use
of the term vacuum fluctuations instead of zero point field or even
vacuum energy in regards to Casimir forces is just throwing another
vegetable into the word salad.
Best regards,
Horace Heffner
http://www.mtaonline.net/~hheffner/
