The quantum vacuum as the origin of the speed of light · HackerPapers discussions

The quantum vacuum as the origin of the speed of light — mentioned by adekok

Wed, 20 Apr 2016 19:52:10 GMT

The hard part for physicists to accept is that the theory requires the speed of light to change. It would be interesting to see how the theory behind the Unruh radiation works with "The quantum vacuum as the origin of the speed of light" (http://arxiv.org/abs/1302.6165#) Or also MOND (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modified_Newtonian_dynamics) Which also has predictions based on very low accelerations. It seems like the theories could be related. (says an ex Nuclear physicist who's now doing computers).

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The quantum vacuum as the origin of the speed of light — mentioned by rrss1122

Sat, 19 Sep 2015 23:49:31 GMT

The article does ask this: "Why not faster? Why not slower?" Certainly a lot of physicists are content with leaving it at "because it is." They're not searching for purpose, they're searching for explanation. The article doesn't just ask the question either, it explores a possible avenue for seeking the answer. Experiments over the past few years seem to indicate that the speed of light can be derived by measuring electric and magnetic properties of the vacuum. This leads to the question: is it possible that the speed of light is the value it is because the vacuum restricts it to this value?…

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The quantum vacuum as the origin of the speed of light — mentioned by claudius

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 20:27:51 GMT

arXiv preprints at [0,1]. While interesting results, this is by no means groundbreaking work, and as long as we don’t understand the relation between gravity and quantum mechanics, it is impossible to draw conclusions regarding the sort-of-obvious FTL travel lurking here. [0] http://arxiv.org/abs/1302.6165 [1] http://arxiv.org/abs/1301.3923

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The quantum vacuum as the origin of the speed of light — HN submission

Sat, 02 Mar 2013 22:27:30 GMT

The quantum vacuum as the origin of the speed of light

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The quantum vacuum as the origin of the speed of light — HN submission

Sat, 02 Mar 2013 19:12:56 GMT

Possible explanation of speed of light

2 points; 0 discussion replies on HN. Paper and source history. A submission is not an endorsement.