Thread: What's the connection between virtual particles in a vacuum and vacuum energy?

Does the presence of virtual particles create vacuum energy or result from it or just co-exist? Does the relationship between the two have any cosmological significance?
Thanks for the link. Fascinating stuff and apparently not gibberish. Who the heck is Steven J Smith whose website is visited by so many noted scientific institutions and government agencies??

It will take a lot of explaining to answer your question, so here is a link to the explanation:

http://www.geocities.com/electrogravitics/index.html