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Void of any inherent structure in classical physics, the vacuum has revealed to be incredibly crowded with all sorts of processes in relativistic quantum physics.
- Yet, its direct effects are usually so subtle that its structure remains almost as evasive as in classical physics.
- Here, in contrast, we report on the discovery of a novel effect according to which the vacuum is compelled to play an unexpected central role in an astrophysical context.
- We show that the formation of relativistic stars may lead the vacuum energy density of a quantum field to an exponential growth.
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