Do virtual particles appear only in a vacuum?

Subject: Do virtual particles appear only in a vacuum?

Date: Sun Jun 13 15:39:10 2010
Posted by Rick
Grade level: nonaligned School: No school entered.
City: Salem State/Province: OR Country: USA
Area of science: Physics
ID: 1276468750.Ph

Message:


I wonder if they can exist in the space between the nucleus of an atom and its 
electrons.

Re: Do virtual particles appear only in a vacuum?

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