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Sep12-05, 02:18 PM   #1
 

The quantum vacuum

Is the vacuum between the electron orbitals and the nucleus completely empty?
 
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Sep12-05, 02:32 PM   #2
 
no it isn't
 
Sep12-05, 08:33 PM   #3
 
Quote by Kruger
no it isn't
A better answer is maybe, at least in the context void of quantum field theory

X-43D, see:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrogen_atom

and

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Probability_density

In QFT sense the answer is no:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vacuum_fluctuations
 
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