Vacuum fluctuation force on a rigid Casimir cavity in a gravitational field
量子物理
2009-11-07 v2
摘要
We discuss the possibility of verifying the equivalence principle for the zero-point energy of quantum electrodynamics, by evaluating the force, produced by vacuum fluctuations, acting on a rigid Casimir cavity in a weak gravitational field. The resulting force has opposite direction with respect to the gravitational acceleration; the order of magnitude for a multi-layer cavity configuration is derived and experimental feasibility is discussed, taking into account current technological resources.
引用
@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0109091,
title = {Vacuum fluctuation force on a rigid Casimir cavity in a gravitational field},
author = {Enrico Calloni and Luciano Di Fiore and Giampiero Esposito and Leopoldo Milano and Luigi Rosa},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0109091},
year = {2009}
}
备注
13 pages, Latex. In the revised version, the presentation has been improved