• big_fat_fluffy@leminal.space
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    12 hours ago

    I was thinking neon lights. I mean that’s basically an arc, just spread out. I think I heard that there’s a glow in vacuum too, just not as nice as with neon.

    • Trigger2_2000@sh.itjust.works
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      4 hours ago

      Well, a quick search turned up this: Vacuum Arc

      However, like the above comment, it seems to refer to freeing electrons from the conducts, so, IMHO, you no longer have a vacuum.

      If you could somehow maintain a perfect vacuum; I wonder how this concept Virtual particle would come into play (or if it would at all).