Re: SCI: slow light

From: Joe Trusnik (trusnija@muohio.edu)
Date: Wed Feb 24 1999 - 21:42:20 MST


>The theory predicts that the total zero point energy in the vacuum to be
>infinite when summed over all the possible photon modes. The energy of the
>vacuum should act gravitationally and produce a large cosmological constant
>which would cause space-time to curl up.
>
>Anybody cleared up this inconsistency yet?

Curl Up? I don't think I understand completely. Is this like
space-warping? If so, can't that be just as useful as FTL travel? Or am I
missing the concept completely?

--Joe



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