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like what evidences?


A forword , first of all

The Heisemberg's principle of indetermination entails that vacuum does not exist

What we call vacuum , it is , according to the theory, a region of space full of energy

Since the theory of relativity claims that energy and mass are the same stuff than vacuum is also full of matter

This matter is made of the so called " virtual particles "
The virtual particles are actually " real particles " same as proton, neutrons and electrons , except for the fact that their life spam is very short and their density is very low
For this reason they do not have a pratical effect on our dayly life but they do exist and more important they exist everywhere and every time

This is the theory, let's go to the experimental evidences

The most famous experiment is the Casimir effect

You put two thin plates , face to face , in the vacuum
The plates start vibrating

Further evidences come from the movement of the electrons in the vacuum
Yo can get accurate results , only assuming that the elctrons collide with some particles even though according to the istrumentation the region should be void of matter

You might assume that you can achieve this result only on the earth but it would fail in the deep space

However an amazing confirmation came some years ago

Universe is not only expanding but it is even accelerating

Consequently a repulsive force must exist which exceeds the attractive gravitational force of the galaxies and of the dark matter ( assuming it exsists)
In other words the universe is full of a repulsive dark energy

The density of the energy of vacuum is , as I said , very low but if you multiply its density by the volume of the universe you get an enormous repulsive force
Thus this strange form of energy \ matter which can be detected in lab, is actually everywhere

As far as our discussion is concerned I would emphasize the following point.

The existance of the energy of vacuum and of the virtual particles has been predicted by the theory before any experimental evidence
In other word its exsistence is part of a physical theory which does not entail the need of a creator

The question is

Can this false vacuum turn into ordinary matter ?

Nobody can seriously answer this question



Last edited by AlbertoT; 01/03/09 14:56.