Watch this space

David Jones

Nature, 1998, vol. 396, issue 6710, 417-417

Abstract: In empty space, particle-antiparticle pairs are constantly created out of nothing. Although these pairs vanish again before their energy can violate the uncertainty principle, a high-energy particle collision nearby may provide the energy to stabilize such a virtual pair — and make it real. This week, Daedalus asks what velocity such a virtual pair is born with, and devises a way to test his bold theory.

Date: 1998
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