Researchers are proposing a new experiment that will probe fundamental aspects of the quantum vacuum by searching for highly elusive photon–photon scattering events.
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Marklund, M. Probing the quantum vacuum. Nature Photon 4, 72–74 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2009.277
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