Quantum field theory tells us that there are ever present fluctuations of energy in the fields that permeate space even in a seeming vacuum, which are called quantum vacuum fluctuations. When the quantum vacuum fluctuations are in a coherent phase they add constructively together and the collective energy of all modes in even a tiny volume of space is tremendously large. This vacuum energy expectation value comes from quantum mechanics, yet, something interesting happens when one considers the e

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