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View SchemaThermal noise limitations to force measurements with torsion pendulums: Applications to the measurement of the Casimir force and its thermal correction
| Authors | S. K. Lamoreaux, W. T. Buttler |
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| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0408027 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0408027 |
| DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevE.71.036109 |
Abstract
A general analysis of thermal noise in torsion pendulums is presented. The specific case where the torsion angle is kept fixed by electronic feedback is analyzed. This analysis is applied to a recent experiment that employed a torsion pendulum to measure the Casimir force. The ultimate limit to the distance at which the Casimir force can be measured to high accuracy is discussed, and in particular the prospects for measuring the thermal correction are elaborated upon.
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