Talk:Quantum fluctuation
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When you say conservation of energy can appear to be violated, but only for small times. Can't a minute be stretched or shortened? How long can you really say a fluctuation takes place?
- The time span within which conservation can be violated cannot be longer than what's permitted by the uncertainty principle. It's an immensely small period of time; minute fractions of a second. A minute? Nowhere near. PsiCop 00:15, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
How much energy is required to separate a quantum fluctuation so the virtual pairs do not annihilate? I am aware that around the event horizon of a blackhole this is theoretically observed. One part of the virtual pair falls into the blackhole and the other part moves away from the blackhole into the observable universe. This creates the appearance of radiation coming out of blackholes, known as Hawking Radiation. Is there a way to measure the minimum amount of energy needed to separate the virtual pairs of a quantum fluctuation?
The author made non referenced claims.
