Something From Nothing – Physicists Mimic the “Impossible” Schwinger Effect Superfluid helium reveals a manageable analog to the Schwinger effect. It deepens understanding of vortices and quantum tunneling. In 1951, physicist Julian Schwinger proposed that applying a constant...

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Physicists Use Superfluid Helium to Simulate the Schwinger Effect

UBC researchers used ultra‑thin superfluid helium‑4 films to create vortex‑anti‑vortex pairs that mimic the Schwinger effect, a lab analog of quantum tunnelling. PNAS, 1 Sept 2025. getnews.me/physicists-use-superflui... #superfluid #schwingereffect