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Nice summary! For anyone wanting more details, the Wikipedia article is not bad: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casimir_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ca
by kkylin 7y ago
Nice summary! For anyone wanting more details, the Wikipedia article is not bad:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casimir_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casimir_effect
It's not a strong force, decaying like the 4th power of distance as I recall. Measuring it is not easy:
https://doi.org/10.1103%2FPhysRevLett.78.5 https://doi.org/10.1103%2FPhysRevLett.78.5
- airstrike 7y agoThanks. The Zero-point Energy article was pretty interesting to read as well, so I'm linking it for anyone else who might be so inclined: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-point_energy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-point_energy