Vacuum May Be A Superconductor When Exposed To 10 Quadrillion Tesla

[bravehat]

[QUOTE=Atokniro;29059819]I don't understand how a part of space containing nothing nothing can be a conductor.

can someone explain it to me?[/QUOTE]

Because empty space isn't empty, it's made of energy, think it's called zero point energy if I remember right.

Either way in that "empty" space virtual particles are constantly being created and destroyed nearly instantly, I suppose a large enough field would just suspend the destruction and force them to align to some degree creating a conductive effect.

Or maybe I'm just talking out my ass, not sure yet.

[Del91]

Now to make this useful in some way.

[DrLuke]

[QUOTE=Atokniro;29059819]I don't understand how a part of space containing nothing nothing can be a conductor.

can someone explain it to me?[/QUOTE]

Well, you could say that there's nothing in the way of electrons, so there's not resistance.

[DeanWinchester]

[QUOTE=Atokniro;29059819]I don't understand how a part of space containing nothing nothing can be a conductor.

can someone explain it to me?[/QUOTE]

I'm pretty sure what we deem as nothing is actually something in a different state that we don't comprehend much about.

[Fetret]

I would be a superconductor if I was exposed to 10 quadrillion tesla.

[aVoN]

[QUOTE=bravehat;29085423]Because empty space isn't empty, it's made of energy, think it's called zero point energy if I remember right.

Either way in that "empty" space virtual particles are constantly being created and destroyed nearly instantly, I suppose a large enough field would just suspend the destruction and force them to align to some degree creating a conductive effect.

Or maybe I'm just talking out my ass, not sure yet.[/QUOTE]

But that's not why the gluon-anti-gluon pair gets created and changes the property of the vacuum. Those origin from the magnetic field.

[editline]10th April 2011[/editline]

[QUOTE=Fetret;29088097]I would be a superconductor if I was exposed to 10 quadrillion tesla.[/QUOTE]

You would be ripped apart by the huge field gradient.

[MrJazzy]

Well, scientists... Now we know.

Moving on.

[Ridge]

When did Tesla become a unit of measurement?

[JohnnyMo]

[QUOTE=Ridge;29094810]When did Tesla become a unit of measurement?[/QUOTE]

1960. It's been the SI unit of magnetic field for quite some time.

[Ridge]

[QUOTE=JohnnyMo1;29095615]1960. It's been the SI unit of magnetic field for quite some time.[/QUOTE]

Wow, really? Didn't know that, thanks.