Why is it interesting?

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 Quantum Field Theory.

Layman

• Being pushed around by empty space: The Casimir Effect by Brian Skinner

Student

• 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

Researcher

• 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);
• 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).

Examples

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