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Casimir effect

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Casimir effect  (kz-mîr)
The effect of a net attractive force between objects in a vacuum, caused by quantum mechanical vacuum fluctuations creating radiation pressure. The radiation can be thought of as an atmosphere of virtual particles. The amount of radiation pressure on the objects is decreased in the gap between them, due to limits on the wavelength of the radiation in the gap. The gap is thus an area of lower radiation pressure, drawing the objects toward it. This force is strong enough to be of great importance at scales encountered in nanotechnology. The Casimir effect is named after Dutch physicist Hendrik Casimir (1909-2000).


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Beyond the technique's future possibilities, the experiment also indicates that the Casimir effect may become problematic for designers of tiny machines, says Paul J.
The same type of modification in vacuum properties is responsible for the so-called Casimir effect, which predicts that two such plates would alos attract each other.
The presence of the charged spheres invokes a quantum process known as the Casimir effect, which changes the nature of the vacuum between the spheres, allowing the wormhole to stay open.
 
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