Virtual Particles
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Temporary fluctuations in quantum fields that mediate forces between particles, often used as a metaphorical explanation for particle interactions.
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What If Space And Time Are NOT Real?
PBS Space Time
Temporary fluctuations in quantum fields that mediate forces between particles, often used as a metaphorical explanation for particle interactions.
Biggest Mysteries in Physics: Antimatter, Dark Energy & ToE - Don Lincoln | Lex Fridman Podcast #497
Lex Fridman
Ephemeral particles that briefly appear and disappear from 'empty' space due to quantum fluctuations, having measurable consequences like the Casimir effect.