Space-time Foam, Casimir energy and black hole pair creation

Abstract

We conjecture that the neutral black hole pair production is related to the vacuum fluctuation of pure gravity via the Casimir-like energy. Implications on the foam-like structure of spacetime are discussed.

Revtex 3.0, 9 pages, to appear in Mod. Phys. Lett. A

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