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As I understand it a vacuum is space that doesn't contain matter, however is it possible to have space that is a vacuum that also doesn't have any energy?
No, there is a non-zero vacuum energy in empty space.dshea said:As I understand it a vacuum is space that doesn't contain matter, however is it possible to have space that is a vacuum that also doesn't have any energy?
dshea said:As I understand it a vacuum is space that doesn't contain matter, however is it possible to have space that is a vacuum that also doesn't have any energy?
The fact of the matter is is that an understanding of quantum simply cannot be conveyed in a qualitative manner of analogy and diagrams. It is a very complex theory expressed mathematically.
maverick_starstrider said:In a "vacuum", as has been pointed out, there is a non-zero vacuum energy. In addition, because of Heisenberg's Uncertainty, depending on what you're doing/looking at it can be said that there are virtual particle pairs being created and annihilated constantly thus one could say there is also mass.
ibcnunabit said:Even with virtual pariticles there would be no NET mass.