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Is Zero Point Energy (ZPE) True Science or Fiction?(A Short Memorandum)
Author(s)
Bahman Zohuri1 and Masoud J. Moghaddam2
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DOI:10.17265/1934-8975/2023.02.001
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1. Ageno School of Business, Golden Gate University, San Francisco 94105, California, USA
2. AI Cyber Domain, San Jose California 95136, USA
ABSTRACT
ZPE (zero-point energy) is a concept in physics that refers to the lowest possible energy state that a quantum mechanical physical system can have. It is the energy that remains even at absolute zero temperature, where all classical forms of energy are assumed to be absent. Within quantum physics, the idea of ZPE is well-established. According to quantum field theory, quantum fields fluctuate even in empty space, resulting in a constant emergence and disappearance of particles and antiparticles. The ZPE comes from these fluctuations. ZPE can be used as a useful energy source; however, this idea is still up for discussion. ZPE has occasionally been linked in popular culture to pseudoscientific claims about “free energy” and perpetual motion machines. These assertions are usually unfounded and go beyond what is currently known about ZPE. There are currently no practical applications or tools that can extract useful energy from ZPE, even though it has fascinating theoretical implications and has been researched in the context of quantum field theory. Within the confines of currently understood physics, researchers are still exploring the concept’s potential ramifications and uses.
KEYWORDS
QED (quantum electrodynamic), CED (classical electrodynamic), electromagnetic and classical electromagnetic, quantum physics or mechanics.
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