Search for the sparking of the vacuum

AUG 01, 1982

The static electric field near a superheavy atomic nucleus may be strong enough to pull electrons and positrons out of the vacuum.

DOI: 10.1063/1.2915201

Jack S. Greenberg

Walter Greiner

Our concept of the nature of the vacuum has been evolving for the last 25 centuries. Indeed, some aspects of today’s perception of the vacuum, established by modern experimental probes, date back to ancient Greek philosophers.

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Jack S. Greenberg, Yale University.

Walter Greiner, Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universität in Frankfurt am Main, West Germany.