If vacuum (going by the classical definition) is a space devoid of matter, what attributed to the values of electric and magnetic constants i.e. the absolute permittivity and absolute permeability constants ?
Hi Siddhartha
According to what is written in
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vacuum_permittivity
Extract:
.....the parameter εo is a measurement-system constant. Its presence .....in the equations is the result of the so-called "rationalization".....
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Hi Xavier,
Yes it is true that the parameter has been included for the purpose of rationalization of the electrostatic force equation. Same is the case with the absolute permeability term as well.
The question which perplexes me though is that, what property should the (classical), so called "empty space", have to sort of limit electromagnetic forces or say, the speed of light to a certain value.
Although I've never been a student of quantum mechanics, yet I'm eager to know about the quantum mechanical interpretation for "vacuum" space.
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