The Quantum Vacuum Explained
There's a massive amount of virtual interactions going on in the vacuum, each producing entanglement. It's a foaming mess of activity.
An example is: photon --> electron + positron --> photon (and repeat). Where all the particles are virtual and the electron postron pair are strongly entangled.
If any of these "entanglement bubbles" interact with a classical object the entanglement is broken and the particles involved change from virtual to real.
Photons have a hard time plowing through this mess and so are limited to the speed c. Which on a cosmic scale is incredibly slow.
Acceleration plays a key role and seems to show up everywhere. Resistance to acceleration is what we call mass. And as per General Relativity at a given point in space acceleration cannot be distinguished from gravity.
The vacuum supports several fields including electromagnetic (electron positron pairs) and also the Higgs field. The Higgs field provides resistance to acceleration and thus gives particles their mass. It only "turns on" when a particle tries to accelerate. It does not seem to interact with particles travelling at constant velocity.
Not all particles feel the Higgs field. The photon does not and thus has no mass. It also travels at a fixed speed that's totally independent of the motion of the source or of the observer. So far there's no explanation for this, but it's clearly another clue to vacuum structure.
Disclaimer: This is not intended as professional advice. It's for informational purposes only.
Content written and posted by Ken Abbott abbottsystems@gmail.com
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