The alarming phenomenon of particle creation in the expanding universe
Rocky KOLB
Fermilab, Chicago, USA
Résumé :
The expansion of the universe can convert virtual particles in the quantum
foam of vacuum quantum fluctuations into real particles.
Although Schroedinger
studied this phenomenon in 1939, only recently have we been able to observe the
effects of particle creation in the expanding universe.
Perhaps the universe displays the pattern of early-universe vacuum
quantum fluctuations.
