Answer to Question #170870 in Molecular Physics | Thermodynamics for Terrun

Question

Hello, I was wondering, when particles in the quantum foam appear do they bring energy with them? And if so would that mean that one would have to come in and one would have to go out at the same time to not add or remove energy from the universe?

Answer 1

Conventional theory says that spacetime must be filled with an enormous amount of energy - about 10 to 120 degrees more than scientists have discovered. For many years, theorists have put forward explanations, most often trying to somehow reduce the amount of energy. But to no avail. Stephen Carlip of the University of California, on the other hand, suggests that all this energy is present, only has no connection with the expansion of the Universe, since something negates its effect at the Planck level.

His theory is based on the work of theoretical physicist John Wheeler, who in the 50s suggested that at the smallest possible scale, space and time cease to be smooth and turn into something from interconnected patches, which he called space-time, or quantum, foam. He believed that on such a scale, the determination of time, length, and energy would obey the Heisenberg uncertainty principle.

He suggested that if "space-time foam" existed, energy would exist everywhere in the vacuum - but if you try to look at it, you will only see microscopic regions the size of Planck units, each of which expands and contracts. And he proved that at the macroscopic level, the cosmological constant will be zero.

If we consider the internal energy of a person on the scale of the Universe, then it will be infinitely close to zero, therefore, on the basis of the existence of quantum foam, the assumption will not be entirely accurate.