An experimental set-up for the measurement of the Casimir effect at separations larger than a few microns is presented. The apparatus is based on a mechanical resonator and uses a homodyne detection technique to sense the Casimir force in the plane-parallel configuration. First measurements in the 3-10 micrometer range show an unexpected large force probably due to patch effects.
@article{arxiv.0812.5065,
title = {An experimental apparatus for measuring the Casimir effect at large distances},
author = {P Antonini and G Bimonte and G Bressi and G Carugno and G Galeazzi and G Messineo and G Ruoso},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0812.5065},
year = {2009}
}
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Proceedings of the workshop On the 60 Years on Casimir Effect