Explore: Vacuum Polarization

quantum field theory, and specifically quantum electrodynamics, vacuum polarization describes a process in which a background electromagnetic field produces

spin polarization Vacuum polarization, a process in which a background electromagnetic field produces virtual electron-positron pairs Polarization (cosmology)

background False vacuum Hawking radiation Quantum annealing Quantum foam Stochastic interpretation Vacuum energy Vacuum polarization Virtual black hole

energy due to the rotational energy of the stellar black hole and vacuum polarization in an electromagnetic field, which are able to explain energetics

containing the following simpler ones One-loop contribution to the vacuum polarization function Π {\displaystyle \Pi } One-loop contribution to the electron

interaction processes.[clarification needed] It takes into account vacuum polarization to one loop, and is valid for electromagnetic fields that change

quantization, the quantum electrodynamic vacuum can be considered a material medium. It is capable of vacuum polarization. In particular, the force law between

of vacuum polarization, was observed in 1975. The related process of the scattering of light by light, also a consequence of vacuum polarization, was

A vacuum (pl.: vacuums or vacua) is space devoid of matter. The word is derived from the Latin adjective vacuus (neuter vacuum) meaning "vacant" or "void"

virtual electron–positron pair, which then annihilates. This is a vacuum polarization diagram. An electron quickly emits and reabsorbs a virtual photon