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View SchemaA novel experimental approach for the detection of the dynamic Casimir effect
| Authors | C. Braggio, G. Bressi, G. Carugno, C. Del Noce, G. Galeazzi, A. Lombardi, A. Palmieri, G. Ruoso, D. Zanello |
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| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0411085 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0411085 |
| DOI | 10.1209/epl/i2005-10048-8 |
| Journal | Europhys. Lett. 70 (6), pages 754-760 15 June 2005 |
Abstract
The Casimir effect is a well-known macroscopic consequence of quantum vacuum fluctuations, but whereas the static effect (Casimir force) has long been observed experimentally, the dynamic Casimir effect is up to now undetected. From an experimental viewpoint a possible detection would imply the vibration of a mirror at gigahertz frequencies. Mechanical motions at such frequencies turn out to be technically unfeasible. Here we present a different experimental scheme where mechanical motions are avoided, and the results of laboratory tests showing that the scheme is practically feasible. We think that at present this approach gives the only possibility of detecting this phenomenon.
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