The vacuum is not empty: fluctuations, virtual particles, Casimir forces and dark energy

Seminario congiunto Dipartimento di Matematica - Centro Internazionale per la Ricerca Matematica-Fbk
14 giugno 2018
June 14, 2018

Luogo: Dipartimento di Matematica, via Sommarive, 14 - Povo (TN) - Sala Seminari "-1"
Ore: 15:00

Relatore:

  •  Klaus Fredenhagen (Universität Hamburg)

Abstract:

It is explained that concepts like vacuum or particles are not really fundamental; on the contrary, local fields describe essentially all phenomena we observe.

Contact person:  Romeo Brunetti