Quantum space
QUESTION: What is quantum space?
Answer:
Quantum space is the space where quantum effects
predominate and can be thought of as a sort of granularity of space. The size of the
'granules' is determined by what is known as the Planck length.
This is the scale at
which classical ideas about gravity and space-time cease to be valid, and quantum effects
dominate. This is the 'quantum of length', the smallest measurement of length with any
meaning.
Its value is determined by the equation:
Planck length = [G x h/2
pc
3]
1/2It has a value of 1.61 x
10
-35 m
It is unlikely that the granularity of space will be observed except
by the emission of bursts of high energy gamma radiation passing through from cosmological
objects such as quasars.