Casimir Effect and Gravitational Balance: a Search for Stable Configurations
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2026-02-11 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory
Abstract
In this study, we examine the role of the repulsive Casimir force in counteracting the gravitational contraction of a thin spherically symmetric shell. Our main focus is to explore the possibility of achieving a stable balanced configuration within the theoretically reliable weak field limit. To this end, we consider different types of Casimir forces, including those generated by massless scalar fields, massive scalar fields, electromagnetic fields, and temperature-dependent fields.
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@article{arxiv.2407.11547,
title = {Casimir Effect and Gravitational Balance: a Search for Stable Configurations},
author = {Leonardo Bellinato Giacomelli and Benjamin Koch and Iva Lovrekovic and Angel Rincon},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2407.11547},
year = {2026}
}
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27 pages, 6 figures