Gravitational effects on a rigid Casimir cavity
arXiv:quant-ph/0109142 · doi:10.1142/S0217751X02010157
Abstract
Vacuum fluctuations produce a force acting on a rigid Casimir cavity in a weak gravitational field. Such a force is here evaluated and is found to have opposite direction with respect to the gravitational acceleration; the order of magnitude for a multi-layer cavity configuration is analyzed and experimental detection is discussed, bearing in mind the current technological resources.
7 pages, Latex. Talk given at the Fifth Leipzig Workshop on Quantum Field Theory under the Influence of External Conditions, September 2001