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====== Casimir Effect ====== | ====== Casimir Effect ====== | ||
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- | The Casimir effect is an experimental verified phenomenon that shows that the vacuum is not really empty, but filled with vacuum fluctuations. The Casimir effect is a prediction of [[theories:quantum_field_theory|Quantum Field Theory]]. | ||
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+ | The Casimir effect is an observed attractive force between two uncharged metal plates due to quantum vacuum fluctuations. | ||
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+ | The quantum vacuum fluctuations can be interpreted as [[advanced_notions:quantum_field_theory:virtual_particles|virtual particles]] that permanently pop in and out of existence in the vacuum. | ||
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+ | The Casimir effect is a prediction of [[theories:quantum_field_theory:canonical|Quantum Field Theory]]. | ||
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* [[https://gravityandlevity.wordpress.com/2009/10/09/being-pushed-around-by-empty-space-the-casimir-effect/|Being pushed around by empty space: The Casimir Effect]] by Brian Skinner | * [[https://gravityandlevity.wordpress.com/2009/10/09/being-pushed-around-by-empty-space-the-casimir-effect/|Being pushed around by empty space: The Casimir Effect]] by Brian Skinner | ||
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* For a nice description see chapter 19 in Sleeping Beauties in Theoretical Physics by Thanu Padmanabhan | * For a nice description see chapter 19 in Sleeping Beauties in Theoretical Physics by Thanu Padmanabhan | ||
* http://www.stat.physik.uni-potsdam.de/~pikovsky/teaching/stud_seminar/ajp_casimirforce.pdf | * http://www.stat.physik.uni-potsdam.de/~pikovsky/teaching/stud_seminar/ajp_casimirforce.pdf | ||
+ | * https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/26877/regularization-of-the-casimir-effect | ||
- | <tabbox Researcher> | + | <tabbox Abstract> |
- | * [[:physics.stackexchange.com|The Casimir Effect and the Quantum Vacuum]] by R. L. Jaffe | + | * The Casimir Effect and the Quantum Vacuum by R. L. Jaffe |
* K. A. Milton, J. Phys. Conf. Ser. 161, 012001 (2009); The Casimir Effect: Physical Manifestations of Zero Point Energy (World Scientific, Singapore, 2001); | * K. A. Milton, J. Phys. Conf. Ser. 161, 012001 (2009); The Casimir Effect: Physical Manifestations of Zero Point Energy (World Scientific, Singapore, 2001); | ||
* M. Bordag, U. Mohideen, and V. M. Mostepanenko, Phys. Rep. 353, 1 (2001); | * M. Bordag, U. Mohideen, and V. M. Mostepanenko, Phys. Rep. 353, 1 (2001); | ||
* M. Bordag, G. L. Klimchitskaya, U. Mohideen, and V. M. Mostepanenko, Advances in the Casimir Effect, International Series of Monographs on Physics (Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2009). | * M. Bordag, G. L. Klimchitskaya, U. Mohideen, and V. M. Mostepanenko, Advances in the Casimir Effect, International Series of Monographs on Physics (Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2009). | ||
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