Text: "Quantum electromagnetic zero-point energy of a conducting shell and the Casimir model for a charged particle." Corporate author: - Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Also published in Physical Review, 147(5), 25 Oct. 1968, pp. 1764-1776. While parallel plates are attracted together because of the zero-point energy, a conducting sphere tends to be expanded. Invalidates a Casimir model of a charged particle. April 18, 1968. 13 p.

See Also: charged particles, electromagnetic fields, spheres, zero-point energy.

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