The Casimir Effect
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Description: What is the Casimir Effect? From the Usenet FAQ.
The Casimir effect is a small attractive force that acts between two close parallel conducting plates. It is due to quantum vacuum fluctuations of the electromagnetic field. The effect was predicted by the Dutch physicist Hendrick Casimir in 1948. According to the quantum theory, the vacuum contains virtual particles which are in a continuous state of fluctuation (see physics FAQ article on
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