The Casimir Effect: Physical Manifestations of Zero Point Energy (eprint:hep-th/9901011)

Jerry Wayne Decker ( jwdatwork@yahoo.com )
Tue, 5 Jan 1999 09:08:27 -0800 (PST)

Hi Folks!

Here is an interesting abstract that relates to ZPE/Aether
manifestations in the real world by using specific shapes and
materials, kind of like a microwave guide to cohere the energy for
practical uses;

High Energy Physics - Theory, abstract
hep-th/9901011

The Casimir Effect: Physical Manifestations of Zero Point Energy

Authors: Kimball A. Milton
Comments: 55 pages, 4 ps figures,
Invited Lectures at 17th Symposium on Theoretical Physics,
Seoul National University, Korea, June 29 - July 1, 1998

Report-no: OKHEP-99-01

Zero-point fluctuations in quantum fields give rise to observable
forces between material bodies, the so-called Casimir forces.

In these lectures I present the theory of the Casimir effect,
primarily formulated in terms of Green's functions. There is an
intimate relation between the Casimir effect and van der Waals forces.

Applications to conductors and dielectric bodies of various shapes
will be given for the cases of scalar, electromagnetic, and fermionic
fields.

The dimensional dependence of the effect will be
described.

Finally, we ask the question: Is there a connection between the
Casimir effect and the phenomenon of
sonoluminescence?

Paper: Source (43kb), PostScript, or Other formats

Available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/hep-th/9901011. If one prefer
PDF, fetch it from CERN archive.

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