How photon detectors remove vacuum fluctuations
Abstract
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The main argument against the reality of the electromagnetic quantum vacuum fluctuations is that they do not activate photon detectors. In order to met this objection I propose a model of photocounting which, in the simple case of a light signal with constant intensity, predicts a counting rate proportional to the intensity, in agreement with the standard quantum result.
8 pages, no figures, corrected error in solution of differential equation, conclusions are essentially the same
8 pages, no figures, corrected error in solution of differential equation, conclusions are essentially the same