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On the magnitude of the energy flow inherent in zero-point radiation

General Physics 2007-05-23 v2

Abstract

The spectrum of zero-point radiation is relativistically invariant and its spectral density function is therefore inversely proportional to the cubes of its wavelengths. For its energy to be finite, there must exist a minimum wavelength, qλq_\lambda. The measurements of the apparent attraction between two uncharged conductor plates, placed in a vacuum at a temperature close to absolute zero, made by Sparnaay in 1958 allow us to deduce that the energy flow of the zero-point radiation which comes of or into an area (qλ)2(q_\lambda)^2, corresponds with the emission of one photon of wavelength qλq_\lambda per qτq_\tau (qτ=qλ/c)(q_\tau=q_\lambda/c), plus one photon of wavelength 2qλ2q_\lambda per 23qτ2^3q_\tau, etc., up to one photon of wavelength nqλnq_\lambda per n3qτn^3q_\tau. This energy flow is enormous, but Sparnaay's experiments implied only photons whose wavelengths were greater than 5×1055\times10^{-5} cm, and zero-point radiation may include only photons with wavelengths greater than xqλxq_\lambda, being xx an integer, perhaps very great.

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@article{arxiv.physics/0311027,
  title  = {On the magnitude of the energy flow inherent in zero-point radiation},
  author = {Rafael Alvargonzalez},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0311027},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

4 pages, 2 figures; some minor typos corrected. Conclusions remain unchanged