Gravitational Casimir effect

2015/02/25 by James Q. Quach · 1 voice
Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Quantum Electrodynamics and Casimir Effect #gr-qc

paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevlett.114.081104

published as Phys. Rev. Lett. 114, 081104 (2015) · 6 pages, 2 figures

openalex publication_date 2015/02/25 · arxiv created 2015/02/26 · arxiv updated 2015/02/27 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

We derive the gravitonic Casimir effect with non-idealised boundary conditions. This allows the quantification of the gravitonic contribution to the Casimir effect from real bodies. We quantify the meagreness of the gravitonic Casimir effect in ordinary matter. We also quantify the enhanced effect produced by the speculated Heisenberg-Couloumb (H-C) effect in superconductors, thereby providing a test for the validity of the H-C theory, and consequently the existence of gravitons.

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