We show that the Casimir effect should be influenced by variations of the gravitational potential. This could be tested with a satellite in a highly elliptic orbit. Still significant technology development is required to achieve a relative accuracy of <5×10−10 necessary to detect the effect around Earth. That may be obtained in the future based on recent concepts for giant casimir forces. Such a space mission could evaluate both the laws of gravitation and quantum mechanics and their interaction. A dedicated mission, Gravity-Probe C, is proposed.
@article{arxiv.1505.02755,
title = {Testing the Influence of the Gravitational Redshift on the Casimir Effect in Space},
author = {C. J. de Matos and M. Tajmar},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1505.02755},
year = {2015}
}