If a virtual particle dips or blips out of existence then where do they go? Do they come back at a different point showing movement when the blip occurs? Are they some how different when returning?

Don_Dickle@lemmy.world · 3 days ago

If a virtual particle dips or blips out of existence then where do they go? Do they come back at a different point showing movement when the blip occurs? Are they some how different when returning?

notsosure@sh.itjust.works · 3 days ago

The interactions between real particles involve the appearance and disappearance of virtual particles. In these processes, both real and virtual particles can emerge and vanish, yet the interactions always ensure that properties like momentum and charge remain conserved. Therefore, what you should expect to persist are not the particles themselves, but the conserved properties that define them.