@article{Fiscaletti_Sorli_2020, title={A Three-Dimensional Non-Local Quantum Vacuum as the Origin of Photons}, volume={65}, url={https://ujp.bitp.kiev.ua/index.php/ujp/article/view/2019393}, DOI={10.15407/ujpe65.2.106}, abstractNote={<p>A model of a three-dimensional quantum vacuum defined by the processes of creation/annihilation of quanta corresponding to elementary energy density fluctuations is proposed. In it, a photon is not a primary physical reality but emerges itself as a special state of the three-dimensional quantum vacuum. In this model, the three-dimensional quantum vacuum has a ground state which acts as a “cosmic reservoir” of photons, which emits and absorbs photons and Planck’s law of the spectral distribution of the energy radiated by a black body derives from the fundamental processes in the three-dimensional quantum vacuum, in particular, in the context of a quantization volume responsible for the appearance of photons. Finally, the idea of the Lamb shift of hydrogenoid atoms as a phenomenon determined by the ground state of the quantum vacuum which acts as a reservoir of photons is explored.</p>}, number={2}, journal={Ukrainian Journal of Physics}, author={Fiscaletti, D. and Sorli, A.}, year={2020}, month={Mar.}, pages={106} }