Is Negative Mass Possible in String Theory Through Quantum Fluctuations?

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If dark energy is caused by quantum fluctuations, where does this energy come from? Also according to string theory mass is determined by the sum of a string's positive, vibrational energy and its negative energy from quantum fluctuations. Could it be possible to create a particle with negative mass by creating a string with more energy from quantum fluctuations, than vibrational energy?
 
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If it is caused by quantum fluctuations ... then it doesn't come from anywhere, and simply comes and goes.

Your further suppositions don't seem to be well founded.
 
Insights auto threads is broken atm, so I'm manually creating these for new Insight articles. Towards the end of the first lecture for the Qiskit Global Summer School 2025, Foundations of Quantum Mechanics, Olivia Lanes (Global Lead, Content and Education IBM) stated... Source: https://www.physicsforums.com/insights/quantum-entanglement-is-a-kinematic-fact-not-a-dynamical-effect/ by @RUTA
If we release an electron around a positively charged sphere, the initial state of electron is a linear combination of Hydrogen-like states. According to quantum mechanics, evolution of time would not change this initial state because the potential is time independent. However, classically we expect the electron to collide with the sphere. So, it seems that the quantum and classics predict different behaviours!

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